sagaal

Afar

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Cardinal: sagáal     Ordinal: sagalháytu

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic [Term?]. Cognates include Oromo sagal, Saho sagal and Somali sagáal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɡaːl/ [sʌˈɡaːl]
• Hyphenation: sa‧gaal

Noun

sagáal m (plural sagaggáal m)

1. nine

Usage notes

• When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:

  Saglá númu. ― Nine people.

• When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of sagáal
absolutive	sagáal
predicative	sagáala
subjective	sagáal
genitive	saglá
Postpositioned forms l-case sagáalal k-case sagáalak t-case sagáalat h-case sagáalah

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “sagaal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sagaal     Ordinal : sagaalaad

Alternative forms

• (dialectal)
  • sagâl (Af-Banaadir)

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *sagaal/*saagal, literally meaning "lack one", from Proto-Lowland East Cushitic *ca-gollí, a compound of *ʔac (“to lack”) + *goll (“one”), the latter is from Proto-Cushitic *gʷal- (“one”) (whence Beja gaal, Tsamai gollan).

Cognate with Maay sagaal, Garre sagaal, Aweer saagal, Rendille saagal, Jiiddu sagaal, Baiso saagaal, Arbore saagald, Daasanach saal, El Molo sagal or saakal, Oromo sagal, Afar sagáal, Yaaku saakal. Borrowed into Nandi sogol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̀ˈɡɑ́ːl/, [sɑ̀ˈɣ̞ɑ́ːl]

Numeral

sagáal m

1. nine

References

• “sagaal”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012