أفغان
See also: افغان
Arabic
Etymology
Noun
أَفْغَان • (ʔafḡān) m pl (collective, singulative أَفْغَانِيّ f (ʔafḡāniyy), paucal أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān))
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَفْغَان ʔafḡān |
الْأَفْغَان al-ʔafḡān |
أَفْغَان ʔafḡān |
| nominative | أَفْغَانٌ ʔafḡānun |
الْأَفْغَانُ al-ʔafḡānu |
أَفْغَانُ ʔafḡānu |
| accusative | أَفْغَانًا ʔafḡānan |
الْأَفْغَانَ al-ʔafḡāna |
أَفْغَانَ ʔafḡāna |
| genitive | أَفْغَانٍ ʔafḡānin |
الْأَفْغَانِ al-ʔafḡāni |
أَفْغَانِ ʔafḡāni |
| singulative | basic singulative triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَفْغَانِي ʔafḡānī |
الْأَفْغَانِي al-ʔafḡānī |
أَفْغَانِي ʔafḡānī |
| nominative | أَفْغَانِيٌّ ʔafḡāniyyun |
الْأَفْغَانِيُّ al-ʔafḡāniyyu |
أَفْغَانِيُّ ʔafḡāniyyu |
| accusative | أَفْغَانِيًّا ʔafḡāniyyan |
الْأَفْغَانِيَّ al-ʔafḡāniyya |
أَفْغَانِيَّ ʔafḡāniyya |
| genitive | أَفْغَانِيٍّ ʔafḡāniyyin |
الْأَفْغَانِيِّ al-ʔafḡāniyyi |
أَفْغَانِيِّ ʔafḡāniyyi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | أَفْغَانِيَّيْن ʔafḡāniyyayn |
الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْن al-ʔafḡāniyyayn |
أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay |
| nominative | أَفْغَانِيَّانِ ʔafḡāniyyāni |
الْأَفْغَانِيَّانِ al-ʔafḡāniyyāni |
أَفْغَانِيَّا ʔafḡāniyyā |
| accusative | أَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ ʔafḡāniyyayni |
الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔafḡāniyyayni |
أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay |
| genitive | أَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ ʔafḡāniyyayni |
الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔafḡāniyyayni |
أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay |
| paucal (3-10) | basic broken paucal triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَفْغَان ʔafḡān |
الْأَفْغَان al-ʔafḡān |
أَفْغَان ʔafḡān |
| nominative | أَفْغَانٌ ʔafḡānun |
الْأَفْغَانُ al-ʔafḡānu |
أَفْغَانُ ʔafḡānu |
| accusative | أَفْغَانًا ʔafḡānan |
الْأَفْغَانَ al-ʔafḡāna |
أَفْغَانَ ʔafḡāna |
| genitive | أَفْغَانٍ ʔafḡānin |
الْأَفْغَانِ al-ʔafḡāni |
أَفْغَانِ ʔafḡāni |
Related terms
- الْأَفْغَان (al-ʔafḡān, “Afghanistan”)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفغان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Adjective
أَفْغَان • (ʔafḡān) m pl
- masculine plural of أَفْغَانِيّ (ʔafḡāniyy)