إريتريا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.riːt.ri.jaː/

Proper noun

إِرِيتْرِيَا • (ʔirītriyā) f

1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of noun إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِرِيتْرِيَا ʔirītriyā	—
Nominative	—	إِرِيتْرِيَا ʔirītriyā	—
Accusative	—	إِرِيتْرِيَا ʔirītriyā	—
Genitive	—	إِرِيتْرِيَا ʔirītriyā	—

Related terms

• إِرِيتْرِيّ (ʔirītriyy)