البرازيل
Arabic
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Brasil. It's one of the Arabic country names that requires the definite article ال (al-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]الْبَرَازِيل • (al-barāzīl) f
- Brazil (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun الْبَرَازِيل (al-barāzīl)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْبَرَازِيل al-barāzīl |
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| Nominative | — | الْبَرَازِيلُ al-barāzīlu |
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| Accusative | — | الْبَرَازِيلَ al-barāzīla |
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| Genitive | — | الْبَرَازِيلِ al-barāzīli |
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Related terms
[edit]- بَرَازِيلِيّ (barāzīliyy)
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “برازيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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- Arabic terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- Arabic lemmas
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- ar:Brazil
- ar:Countries in South America
- ar:Countries
- Arabic nouns with basic diptote singular
- Arabic definite nouns