malciin

Afar

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Cardinal: malcíin     Ordinal: malcinháytu

Etymology

Cognate to Saho malxin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈħiːn/ [mʌlˈħiːn]
• Hyphenation: mal‧ciin

Noun

malcíin m 

1. seven

Usage notes

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

  Malciná númu. ― Seven people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of malcíin
absolutive	malcíin
predicative	malcíini
subjective	malcíin
genitive	malciná
Postpositioned forms l-case malcíinil k-case malcíinik t-case malcíinit h-case malcíinih

References

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