الكويت

See also: کویت‎ and كويت‎

Arabic[edit]

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الكويت‎

Etymology[edit]

Has the form of a diminutive from a purported root ك و ت‎ (k-w-t) (per Wehr).^[1]. It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article اَل‎ (al-).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /al.ku.wajt/

Proper noun[edit]

الْكُوَيْت • (al-kuwayt) f

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Kuwait City (the capital city of Kuwait)

Declension[edit]

Declension of noun الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْكُوَيْت al-kuwayt	—
Nominative	—	الْكُوَيْتُ al-kuwaytu	—
Accusative	—	الْكُوَيْتَ al-kuwayta	—
Genitive	—	الْكُوَيْتِ al-kuwayti	—

Derived terms[edit]

كُوَيْتِيّ‎ (kuwaytiyy)

References[edit]

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

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

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