الإسكندرية

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), full name Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον (Alexándreia hē kat’ Aígupton, “Alexandria in Egypt”), with initial Ἀλ- (Al-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʔis.kan.da.rij.ja/

Proper noun

الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʔiskandariyya) f

  1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
  2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)
  3. Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)

Declension

Declension of noun الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal — الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة
al-ʔiskandariyya 		—
nominative — الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ
al-ʔiskandariyyatu 		—
accusative — الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ
al-ʔiskandariyyata 		—
genitive — الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ
al-ʔiskandariyyati 		—

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

governorates of Egypt: مُحَافَظَات مِصْر (muḥāfaẓāt miṣr)edit

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “إسكندرية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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