bacaar

Afar

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Cardinal: bacáar     Ordinal: bacarháytu

Etymology

Cognate to Saho baxar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈħaːr/ [bʌˈħaːɾ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧caar

Noun

bacáar m (plural bacaccáar m)

1. eight

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Bacrá númu. ― Eight people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of bacáar
absolutive	bacáar
predicative	bacáara
subjective	bacáar
genitive	bacrá
Postpositioned forms l-case bacáaral k-case bacáarak t-case bacáarat h-case bacáarah

References

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