Paraguay
See also: paraguay
English edit
Etymology edit
Disputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) i (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/
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Proper noun edit
Paraguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
- 1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30:
- Sanson in his Geographical Table hath divided this AMERICA MERIDIONALIS into PERUVIANA, and BRASLIANA [sic], subdividing Peruviana into Terra Firma, and Peru; and Brasiliana, into Brazile, and Paraguay; the first division is taken by a line which from the mouth of the Amazona, goes to seek the utmost part of Chili towards the South, ...
- 1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30:
- The Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.
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country in South America
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Paraguay f (related adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Paraguay n
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌɡuɑ̝i̯]
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]
- Syllabification(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay
Proper noun edit
Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension edit
Inflection of Paraguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Paraguay | — | ||
genitive | Paraguayn | — | ||
partitive | Paraguayta | — | ||
illative | Paraguayhin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Paraguay | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Paraguay | — | |
gen. | Paraguayn | |||
genitive | Paraguayn | — | ||
partitive | Paraguayta | — | ||
inessive | Paraguayssa | — | ||
elative | Paraguaysta | — | ||
illative | Paraguayhin | — | ||
adessive | Paraguaylla | — | ||
ablative | Paraguaylta | — | ||
allative | Paraguaylle | — | ||
essive | Paraguayna | — | ||
translative | Paraguayksi | — | ||
abessive | Paraguaytta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Paraguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Paraguay n (proper noun, genitive Paraguays or (optionally with an article) Paraguay)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Further reading edit
- “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Guaraní edit
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Paraguay
Usage notes edit
Paraguay is the name of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. The name of the country is Paraguái.
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Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Paraguay | — |
accusative | Paraguayt | — |
dative | Paraguaynak | — |
instrumental | Paraguayjal | — |
causal-final | Paraguayért | — |
translative | Paraguayjá | — |
terminative | Paraguayig | — |
essive-formal | Paraguayként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Paraguayban | — |
superessive | Paraguayon | — |
adessive | Paraguaynál | — |
illative | Paraguayba | — |
sublative | Paraguayra | — |
allative | Paraguayhoz | — |
elative | Paraguayból | — |
delative | Paraguayról | — |
ablative | Paraguaytól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Paraguayé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Paraguayéi | — |
Possessive forms of Paraguay | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Paraguayom | — |
2nd person sing. | Paraguayod | — |
3rd person sing. | Paraguaya | — |
1st person plural | Paraguayunk | — |
2nd person plural | Paraguayotok | — |
3rd person plural | Paraguayuk | — |
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.
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Proper noun edit
Paraguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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References edit
- ^ Paraguay in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from para (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).
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Paraguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
- Paraguay River (a major river in South America)
Usage notes edit
- The definite article is optional when referring to Paraguay in Spanish (i.e. el Paraguay).
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Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
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Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension edit
declension of Paraguay
singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
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nominative (yalın) | Paraguay |
accusative (belirtme) | Paraguay'ı |
dative (yönelme) | Paraguay'a |
locative (bulunma) | Paraguay'da |
ablative (çıkma) | Paraguay'dan |
genitive (tamlayan) | Paraguay'ın |
possessive of Paraguay
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Paraguay'ım | Paraguaylarım / Paraguay'larım |
senin (your) | Paraguay'ın | Paraguayların / Paraguay'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Paraguay'ı | Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları |
bizim (our) | Paraguay'ımız | Paraguaylarımız / Paraguay'larımız |
sizin (your) | Paraguay'ınız | Paraguaylarınız / Paraguay'larınız |
onların (their) | Paraguay'ı / Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları | Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları |
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Western Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Paraguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)