malciin
Afar
| 70 | ||
| ← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: malcíin Ordinal: malcinháytu | ||
Etymology
Cognate to Saho malxin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌlˈħiːn/
- Hyphenation: mal‧ciin
Noun
malcíin m
- seven
Usage notes
- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Malciná númu. ― Seven people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
| Declension of malcíin | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | malcíin | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | malcíini | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | malcíin | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | malciná | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “malciin”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN