Afar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /umˈmat/ [ʔʊmˈmʌʰt]
  • Hyphenation: um‧mat

Noun

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ummát m 

  1. people, nation
  2. population, inhabitants

Declension

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Declension of ummát
absolutive ummát
predicative ummáta
subjective ummát
genitive ummát
Postpositioned forms
l-case ummátal
k-case ummátak
t-case ummátat
h-case ummátah

Derived terms

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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ummat”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 204