البرتغال
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Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal. Doublet of بُرْتُقَال (burtuqāl, “orange”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
الْبُرْتُغَال • (al-burtuḡāl) f
Usage notes
- This is one of the country names which requires the definite article ال (al-).
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْبُرْتُغَال al-burtuḡāl |
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| nominative | — | الْبُرْتُغَالُ al-burtuḡālu |
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| accusative | — | الْبُرْتُغَالَ al-burtuḡāla |
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| genitive | — | الْبُرْتُغَالِ al-burtuḡāli |
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Related terms
- بُرْتُغَالِيّ (burtuḡāliyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “برتغال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic


Pronunciation
Proper noun
البُرْتُغال • (al-burtuḡāl or al-purtuḡāl) f
Usage notes
- This is one of the country names which requires the definite article ال.
Related terms
- برتغالي (burtuḡāli, purtuḡāli, “Portuguese m.”)
- برتغالية (burtuḡāliyya, purtuḡāliyya, “Portuguese f.”)
South Levantine Arabic

البرتغال
Etymology
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Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic الْبُرْتُغَال (al-burtuḡāl).
Proper noun
البرتغال • (il-burtuḡāl) f
See also
- برتغالي (burtuḡāli, “Portuguese”)
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