Palaestina

See also: Palästina and Palæstina

Latin

Pronunciation

• Palaestīna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.na/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnä]
• Palaestīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]
• Palaestīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.naː/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnäː]
• Palaestīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē) (see there for more), from Biblical Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (P'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

Alternative forms

• Palaestīnē, Palēstīna

Proper noun

Palaestīna f sg (genitive Palaestīnae); first declension

1. Palestine

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Palaestīna
genitive	Palaestīnae
dative	Palaestīnae
accusative	Palaestīnam
ablative	Palaestīnā
vocative	Palaestīna
locative	Palaestīnae

Derived terms

• palaestīnēnsis, Palaestīnēnsis
• Palaestīnus

Descendants

• → Translingual: Palaestina
• Asturian: Palestina
• Catalan: Palestina
• → Dutch: Palestina
• → English: Palestine, Palæstine (archaic)
  • → Korean: 팔레스타인 (Palleseutain)
  • → Malay: Palestin
• → Finnish: Palestiina
• French: Palestine
• Galician: Palestina
• → Hebrew: פלשתינה (Palestina)
• → Icelandic: Palestína
• Italian: Palestina
• → Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
• Portuguese: Palestina
• Romanian: Palestina
• Sicilian: Palistina
• Spanish: Palestina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

Palaestīna

1. inflection of Palaestīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Palaestīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of Palaestīnus

References

• “Palaestina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Palaestina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.