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-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ʔis.kan.da.rij.ja/
Proper noun
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʾiskandariyya) f
- Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
- Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)
Declension
Declension of noun الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʾiskandariyya)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة al-ʾiskandariyya | — |
| Nominative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ al-ʾiskandariyyatu | — |
| Accusative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ al-ʾiskandariyyata | — |
| Genitive | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ al-ʾiskandariyyati | — |
Derived terms
- إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ (ʾiskandarāniyy)
Descendants
- → Bashkir: Искәндәриә (İskändäriä)
- → 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