غزة
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested in Egyptian and Akkadian, but ultimately of unknown origin. More at Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
غَزَّة • (ḡazza) f
- Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān][1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 799:
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Judges, 16:1:
- ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا.
- ṯumma ḏahaba šamšūnu ʔilā ḡazzata, wa-raʔā hunāka mraʔatan zāniyatan fa-daḵala ʔilayhā.
- Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun غَزَّة (ḡazza)
Singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | غَزَّة ḡazza |
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Nominative | — | غَزَّةُ ḡazzatu |
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Accusative | — | غَزَّةَ ḡazzata |
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Genitive | — | غَزَّةَ ḡazzata |
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Derived terms[edit]
- غَزِّيّ (ḡazziyy), غَزَّاوِيّ (ḡazzāwiyy, “Gazan”)
- قِطَاع غَزَّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazza, “the Gaza Strip”)
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza), ultimately of unknown origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
غزّة • (ḡazze) f
- Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)
Derived terms[edit]
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