Cadi

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Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃáː.dì/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃáː.dɪ̀]

Proper noun[edit]

Cādì f

  1. Chad (a country in Central Africa)
  2. Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Κάδοι (Kádoi).

Proper noun[edit]

Cadī m pl (genitive Cadōrum); second declension

  1. An ancient city of Mysia or Phrygia, situated near the course of the Hermus in modern Turkey

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Cadī
Genitive Cadōrum
Dative Cadīs
Accusative Cadōs
Ablative Cadīs
Vocative Cadī
Locative Cadīs

References[edit]

  • Cadi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly