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Mahometus

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), likely via a variety of Arabic that had the first two vowels methathesized; for example, Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (maḥummad). The penultimate vowel is presumed long from the inherited stress of the descendant languages.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mahomētus m sg (genitive Mahomētī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

  1. Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mahomētus
genitive Mahomētī
dative Mahomētō
accusative Mahomētum
ablative Mahomētō
vocative Mahomēte

Descendants

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