المكسيك

Arabic

Etymology

From French Mexique. It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.mak.siːk/

Proper noun

الْمَكْسِيك • (al-maksīk) f

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)

Usage notes
  • This is one of the country names which requires the definite article ال (al-).

Declension
Declension of noun الْمَكْسِيك (al-maksīk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْمَكْسِيك
al-maksīk		 —
Nominative — الْمَكْسِيكُ
al-maksīku		 —
Accusative — الْمَكْسِيكَ
al-maksīka		 —
Genitive — الْمَكْسِيكِ
al-maksīki		 —

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic الْمَكْسِيك (al-maksīk), from French Mexique.

Proper noun

المكسيك • (il-maksīk) f

  1. Mexico (a country in North America)
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