برنيق
See also: برنیق
Arabic
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Arabic) IPA(key): /bir.niːq/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /bar.niːq/
Noun
بِرْنِيق • (birnīq) m (plural بِرْنِيقَات (birnīqāt))
- river horse, i.e. hippopotamus
- Synonyms: فَرَس الْبَحْر (faras al-baḥr), حِصَان الْبَحْر (ḥiṣān al-baḥr), فَرَس النَّهْر (faras an-nahr), (Nubia) إِرْد (ʔird)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بِرْنِيق birnīq |
الْبِرْنِيق al-birnīq |
بِرْنِيق birnīq |
| nominative | بِرْنِيقٌ birnīqun |
الْبِرْنِيقُ al-birnīqu |
بِرْنِيقُ birnīqu |
| accusative | بِرْنِيقًا birnīqan |
الْبِرْنِيقَ al-birnīqa |
بِرْنِيقَ birnīqa |
| genitive | بِرْنِيقٍ birnīqin |
الْبِرْنِيقِ al-birnīqi |
بِرْنِيقِ birnīqi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | بِرْنِيقَيْن birnīqayn |
الْبِرْنِيقَيْن al-birnīqayn |
بِرْنِيقَيْ birnīqay |
| nominative | بِرْنِيقَانِ birnīqāni |
الْبِرْنِيقَانِ al-birnīqāni |
بِرْنِيقَا birnīqā |
| accusative | بِرْنِيقَيْنِ birnīqayni |
الْبِرْنِيقَيْنِ al-birnīqayni |
بِرْنِيقَيْ birnīqay |
| genitive | بِرْنِيقَيْنِ birnīqayni |
الْبِرْنِيقَيْنِ al-birnīqayni |
بِرْنِيقَيْ birnīqay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بِرْنِيقَات birnīqāt |
الْبِرْنِيقَات al-birnīqāt |
بِرْنِيقَات birnīqāt |
| nominative | بِرْنِيقَاتٌ birnīqātun |
الْبِرْنِيقَاتُ al-birnīqātu |
بِرْنِيقَاتُ birnīqātu |
| accusative | بِرْنِيقَاتٍ birnīqātin |
الْبِرْنِيقَاتِ al-birnīqāti |
بِرْنِيقَاتِ birnīqāti |
| genitive | بِرْنِيقَاتٍ birnīqātin |
الْبِرْنِيقَاتِ al-birnīqāti |
بِرْنِيقَاتِ birnīqāti |
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ورنیك (vernik).
Noun
بَرْنِيق • (barnīq) m
- alternative form of وَرْنِيش (warnīš)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | بَرْنِيق barnīq |
الْبَرْنِيق al-barnīq |
بَرْنِيق barnīq |
| nominative | بَرْنِيقٌ barnīqun |
الْبَرْنِيقُ al-barnīqu |
بَرْنِيقُ barnīqu |
| accusative | بَرْنِيقًا barnīqan |
الْبَرْنِيقَ al-barnīqa |
بَرْنِيقَ barnīqa |
| genitive | بَرْنِيقٍ barnīqin |
الْبَرْنِيقِ al-barnīqi |
بَرْنِيقِ barnīqi |
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Upon the marriage of Ptolemy III of the Ptolemaic Kingdom to Berenice II of Egypt who latter had born in the region the Pentapolis of the later Libya superior was refounded and the city formerly called Εὐεσπερίδες (Euesperídes) was renamed to this name and relocated to its current centre.
Proper noun
بَرْنِيق • (barnīq) f
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | بَرْنِيق barnīq |
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| nominative | — | بَرْنِيقُ barnīqu |
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| accusative | — | بَرْنِيقَ barnīqa |
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| genitive | — | بَرْنِيقَ barnīqa |
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