المنستير

Arabic

Alternative forms

• الْمُنَاسِير (al-munāsīr), الْمَنَاسِير (al-manāsīr), الْمِسْتِير (al-mistīr)

Etymology

Superficially Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion), but pending evidence for a particular Christian religious house in the territory, on which the town was founded around the year 796 by هَرْثَمَة بْنُ أَعْيَن الْهَاشِمِيّ (harṯama(t) bnu ʔaʕyan al-hāšimiyy), that association is presumably secondary, one would expect a Punic loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.mu.nas.tiːr/
• (local) IPA^(key): [ɪ.mnæs.tiːr], [ɪl.mæs.tiːr]

Proper noun

الْمُنَسْتِير • (al-munastīr) f

1. Monastir (a town in Tunisia)

Declension

Declension of noun الْمُنَسْتِير (al-munastīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمُنَسْتِير al-munastīr	—
Nominative	—	الْمُنَسْتِيرُ al-munastīru	—
Accusative	—	الْمُنَسْتِيرَ al-munastīra	—
Genitive	—	الْمُنَسْتِيرِ al-munastīri	—