ИГИЛ

Russian

Etymology

Initialism of Исла́мское госуда́рство Ира́ка и Лева́нта (Islámskoje gosudárstvo Iráka i Levánta, “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈɡʲiɫ]

Proper noun

ИГИ́Л • (IGÍL) m inan or n inan (indeclinable)
ИГИ́Л • (IGÍL) m inan (genitive ИГИ́Ла)

1. ISIS, ISIL

Usage notes

• Usually indeclinable in formal speech. In informal speech and some less formal publications, it may be declined as a standard masculine noun, as shown above.

Declension

Declension of ИГИ́Л (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	ИГИ́Л IGÍL
genitive	ИГИ́Ла IGÍLa
dative	ИГИ́Лу IGÍLu
accusative	ИГИ́Л IGÍL
instrumental	ИГИ́Лом IGÍLom
prepositional	ИГИ́Ле IGÍLe