qaakil

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Afar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِل (ʕāqil).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕaːˈkil/, [ʕaːˈkɪl]
  • Hyphenation: qaa‧kil

Noun

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qaakíl m (plural qookál m)

  1. (Southern Afar) wise man
  2. (Southern Afar) tribal chief; elder

Declension

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Declension of qaakíl
absolutive qaakíl
predicative qaakíli
subjective qaakíl
genitive qaakíl
Postpositioned forms
l-case qaakílil
k-case qaakílik
t-case qaakílit
h-case qaakílih

References

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