Mogadiscium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Latinized from Italian Mogadiscio, in turn from Somali Muqdisho, itself from Arabic مَقْدِيشُو (maqdīšū, “seat of the Shah”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo.ɡaˈdiːs.ki.um/, [mɔɡäˈd̪iːs̠kiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.ɡaˈdiʃ.ʃi.um/, [moɡäˈd̪iʃːium]
Proper noun edit
Mogadīscium n sg (genitive Mogadīsciī or Mogadīscī); second declension
- Mogadiscio (the capital city of Somalia)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Mogadīscium |
Genitive | Mogadīsciī Mogadīscī1 |
Dative | Mogadīsciō |
Accusative | Mogadīscium |
Ablative | Mogadīsciō |
Vocative | Mogadīscium |
Locative | Mogadīsciī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).