Afar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِنْجْلِيز (ʔinglīz).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inɡiˈliːs/ [ʔɪŋɡɪˈliːs]
  • Hyphenation: Ingi‧liis

Noun

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Ingilíis m (singulative Ingiliisiytá f or Ingiliisíyta m)

  1. (collective) English people
  2. (collective) politicians

Declension

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Declension of Ingilíis
absolutive Ingilíis
predicative Ingilíisi
subjective Ingilíis
genitive Ingilíis
Postpositioned forms
l-case Ingilíisil
k-case Ingilíisik
t-case Ingilíisit
h-case Ingilíisih

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “Ingiliis”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN