gadiri

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from an Arabic language, compare Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡadiˈri/ [ɡʌdɪˈɾɪ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧di‧ri

Noun

gadirí f (plural gadirwá f or gudúr m)

  1. island

Declension

        Declension of gadirí      
absolutive gadirí
predicative gadirí
subjective gadirí
genitive gadirí
  Postpositioned forms
l-case gadiríl
k-case gadirík
t-case gadirít
h-case gadiríh

References

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