Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʕasir/ [ˈʕasɪɾ], /ʕaˈsir/ [ʕaˈsɪɾ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧sir

Noun

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qásir m or qasír m (plural qasirwá f)

  1. lesson
  2. chance
  3. fortune, luck

Declension

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Declension of qásir
absolutive qásir
predicative qásiiri
subjective qásir
genitive qásir
Postpositioned forms
l-case qásiiril
k-case qásiirik
t-case qásiirit
h-case qásiirih
Declension of qasír
absolutive qasír
predicative qasíiri
subjective qasír
genitive qasír
Postpositioned forms
l-case qasíiril
k-case qasíirik
t-case qasíirit
h-case qasíirih

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qasir”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 277

Maltese

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Root
q-s-r
8 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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qasir (feminine singular qasira, plural qosra or qsar or qosor or qosrien or iqsar, diminutive qsajjar, comparative aqsar or iqsar or eqsar)

  1. short
    Antonym: twil
  2. shallow