الأرجنتين

Arabic

Etymology

From French Argentine. It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔar.d͡ʒan.tiːn/

Proper noun

الْأَرْجَنْتِين • (al-ʔarjantīn) f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of noun الْأَرْجَنْتِين (al-ʔarjantīn)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْأَرْجَنْتِين al-ʔarjantīn	—
nominative	—	الْأَرْجَنْتِينُ al-ʔarjantīnu	—
accusative	—	الْأَرْجَنْتِينَ al-ʔarjantīna	—
genitive	—	الْأَرْجَنْتِينِ al-ʔarjantīni	—

Related terms

• أَرْجَنْتِينِيّ (ʔarjantīniyy)

References

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