halloumi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), from Cypriot Arabic xallúm, from Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”) (Sahidic), ⲁⲗⲱⲙ (alōm, “cheese”) (Bohairic), itself in turn probably a borrowing from Semitic, though in manuscripts and ostraca from 2nd century Roman Egypt, Egyptian Demotic ḥlm is also attested with the meaning "cheese".[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halloumi (usually uncountable, plural halloumis)
Translations[edit]
traditional cheese from Cyprus
References[edit]
- ^ Oxford Companion to Food
- ^ Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
- ^ Johnson, Janet. Chicago Demotic Dictionary - Ḥ p. 246.
- “halloumi”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halloumi
Declension[edit]
Inflection of halloumi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | halloumi | halloumit | ||
genitive | halloumin | halloumien | ||
partitive | halloumia | halloumeja | ||
illative | halloumiin | halloumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | halloumi | halloumit | ||
accusative | nom. | halloumi | halloumit | |
gen. | halloumin | |||
genitive | halloumin | halloumien | ||
partitive | halloumia | halloumeja | ||
inessive | halloumissa | halloumeissa | ||
elative | halloumista | halloumeista | ||
illative | halloumiin | halloumeihin | ||
adessive | halloumilla | halloumeilla | ||
ablative | halloumilta | halloumeilta | ||
allative | halloumille | halloumeille | ||
essive | halloumina | halloumeina | ||
translative | halloumiksi | halloumeiksi | ||
abessive | halloumitta | halloumeitta | ||
instructive | — | halloumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “halloumi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), from Cypriot Arabic xallúm.
Noun[edit]
halloumi m (invariable)
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- English terms derived from Coptic
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Cheeses
- Finnish terms derived from Greek
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Italian terms derived from Semitic languages
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
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- Italian terms derived from Greek
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- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
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