Benin
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn
Proper noun edit
Benin
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
- People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- Republic of Benin, since 1990
- A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
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- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)
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Breton edit
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Benin ?
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Crimean Tatar edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Czech edit
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Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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- Benin in Internetová jazyková příručka
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Estonian edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
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Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Benin |
Accusative | Benin |
Dative | Benini |
Genitive | Benins |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Benim.
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Benin | — | ||
genitive | Beninin | — | ||
partitive | Beniniä | — | ||
illative | Beniniin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Benin | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Benin | — | |
gen. | Beninin | |||
genitive | Beninin | — | ||
partitive | Beniniä | — | ||
inessive | Beninissä | — | ||
elative | Beninistä | — | ||
illative | Beniniin | — | ||
adessive | Beninillä | — | ||
ablative | Beniniltä | — | ||
allative | Beninille | — | ||
essive | Benininä | — | ||
translative | Beniniksi | — | ||
abessive | Beninittä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Further reading edit
- “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
- Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Benin | — |
accusative | Benint | — |
dative | Beninnek | — |
instrumental | Beninnel | — |
causal-final | Beninért | — |
translative | Beninné | — |
terminative | Beninig | — |
essive-formal | Beninként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Beninben | — |
superessive | Beninen | — |
adessive | Beninnél | — |
illative | Beninbe | — |
sublative | Beninre | — |
allative | Beninhez | — |
elative | Beninből | — |
delative | Beninről | — |
ablative | Benintől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Beniné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Beninéi | — |
Possessive forms of Benin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Beninem | — |
2nd person sing. | Benined | — |
3rd person sing. | Beninje | — |
1st person plural | Beninünk | — |
2nd person plural | Beninetek | — |
3rd person plural | Beninjük | — |
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Interlingua edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Polish edit
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Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Further reading edit
- Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Audio (file)
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
References edit
- “Benin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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Benin n (genitive Benins)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Tagalog edit
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Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Turkish edit
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Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.
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Benin f
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms edit
- Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
- Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)
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Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Benin | Fenin | Menin | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]