Palaestina
Latin
Pronunciation
- Palaestīna: (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.na/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnä]
- Palaestīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]
- Palaestīnā: (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.naː/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnäː]
- Palaestīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē) (see there for more), from Biblical Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (P'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).
Alternative forms
- Palaestīnē, Palēstīna
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Palaestīna |
| Genitive | Palaestīnae |
| Dative | Palaestīnae |
| Accusative | Palaestīnam |
| Ablative | Palaestīnā |
| Vocative | Palaestīna |
| Locative | Palaestīnae |
Derived terms
- palaestīnēnsis, Palaestīnēnsis
- Palaestīnus
Descendants
- → Translingual: Palaestina
- Asturian: Palestina
- Catalan: Palestina
- → Dutch: Palestina
- → English: Palestine, Palæstine
- → Finnish: Palestiina
- French: Palestine
- Galician: Palestina
- → Hebrew: פלשתינה (Palestina)
- → Icelandic: Palestína
- Italian: Palestina
- → Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
- Portuguese: Palestina
- Romanian: Palestina
- Sicilian: Palistina
- Spanish: Palestina
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
Palaestīna
- inflection of Palaestīnus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
References
- “Palaestina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Palaestina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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