Wiktionary

Tigre

See also: tigre, tigré, and Tigré

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Proper nounEdit

Tigre

  1. A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.

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NounEdit

Tigre pl (plural only)

  1. A group of nomadic Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
  2. A group of agricultural Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.

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Further readingEdit

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AfarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tiɡˈɾe/
  • Hyphenation: Tig‧re

NounEdit

Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)

  1. (collective) Tigre people

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Tigré
absolutive Tigré
predicative Tigré
subjective Tigré
genitive Tigré
Postpositioned forms
l-case Tigrél
k-case Tigrék
t-case Tigrét
h-case Tigréh

ReferencesEdit

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

Proper nounEdit

Tigre m

  1. Tigris (river)

PortugueseEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

PronunciationEdit

 

Proper nounEdit

Tigre m

  1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

See alsoEdit

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