البرازيل

Arabic

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil. It's one of the Arabic country names that requires the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ba.raː.ziːl/

Proper noun

الْبَرَازِيل • (al-barāzīl) f

  1. Brazil (a country in South America)

Declension
Declension of noun الْبَرَازِيل (al-barāzīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْبَرَازِيل
al-barāzīl		 —
Nominative — الْبَرَازِيلُ
al-barāzīlu		 —
Accusative — الْبَرَازِيلَ
al-barāzīla		 —
Genitive — الْبَرَازِيلِ
al-barāzīli		 —

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