malciin

Afar

Afar numbers (edit)
70
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    Cardinal: malcíin
    Ordinal: malcinháytu

Etymology

Cognate to Saho malxin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malˈħiːn/ [mʌlˈħiːn]
  • Hyphenation: mal‧ciin

Noun

malcíin m 

  1. 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
absolutive malcíin
predicative malcíini
subjective malcíin
genitive malciná
Postpositioned forms
l-case malcíinil
k-case malcíinik
t-case malcíinit
h-case malcíinih

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “malciin”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
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