الكويت

See also: کویت‎ and كويت‎

Arabic

Etymology

Has the form of a diminutive from a purported root ك و ت‎ (k-w-t) (per Wehr).[1]. It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article اَل‎ (al-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ku.wajt/

Proper noun

الْكُوَيْت • (al-kuwayt) f

  1. Kuwait

Declension
Declension of noun الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْكُوَيْت
al-kuwayt		 —
Nominative — الْكُوَيْتُ
al-kuwaytu		 —
Accusative — الْكُوَيْتَ
al-kuwayta		 —
Genitive — الْكُوَيْتِ
al-kuwayti		 —

Derived terms

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