البرازيل

Arabic

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil. It's one of the Arabic country names that requires the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ba.raː.ziːl/

Proper noun

الْبَرَازِيل • (al-barāzīl) f

1. Brazil (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of noun الْبَرَازِيل (al-barāzīl)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْبَرَازِيل al-barāzīl	—
Nominative	—	الْبَرَازِيلُ al-barāzīlu	—
Accusative	—	الْبَرَازِيلَ al-barāzīla	—
Genitive	—	الْبَرَازِيلِ al-barāzīli	—

Related terms

• بَرَازِيلِيّ (barāzīliyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “برازيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN