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-) interpreted as the Arabic definite article and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʔiskandariyya) f
- Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
- Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)
Declension
Declension of noun الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة al-ʔiskandariyya |
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Nominative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ al-ʔiskandariyyatu |
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Accusative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ al-ʔiskandariyyata |
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Genitive | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ al-ʔiskandariyyati |
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Derived terms
- إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ (ʔiskandarāniyy)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: Искәндәриә (İskəndəriə)
- → Turkish: İskenderiye
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “إسكندرية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Categories:
- Arabic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Arabic 6-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic proper nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
- ar:Cities in Egypt
- ar:Places in Egypt
- ar:Cities in Virginia, USA
- ar:Cities in the United States
- ar:Places in Virginia, USA
- ar:Places in the United States
- Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a
- Arabic definite nouns