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Benin
Benin
English
Proper noun
Benin
- A country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Benin.
Hypernyms
Translations
country
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See also
- Countries of the world
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈniːn/
Proper noun
Benin n
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Benin |
| Accusative | Benin |
| Dative | Benini |
| Genitive | Benins |
Finnish
Proper noun
Benin
Declension
| Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Benin | — | |
| genitive | Beninin | — | |
| partitive | Beniniä | — | |
| illative | Beniniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Benin | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Benin | — |
| gen. | Beninin | ||
| genitive | Beninin | — | |
| partitive | Beniniä | — | |
| inessive | Beninissä | — | |
| elative | Beninistä | — | |
| illative | Beniniin | — | |
| adessive | Beninillä | — | |
| ablative | Beniniltä | — | |
| allative | Beninille | — | |
| essive | Benininä | — | |
| translative | Beniniksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Beninittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnin]
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
Proper noun
Benin
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Benin | — |
| accusative | Benint | — |
| dative | Beninnek | — |
| instrumental | Beninnel | — |
| causal-final | Beninért | — |
| translative | Beninné | — |
| terminative | Beninig | — |
| essive-formal | Beninként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Beninben | — |
| superessive | Beninen | — |
| adessive | Beninnél | — |
| illative | Beninbe | — |
| sublative | Beninre | — |
| allative | Beninhez | — |
| elative | Beninből | — |
| delative | Beninről | — |
| ablative | Benintől | — |
| Possessive forms of Benin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Beninem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Benined | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Beninje | — |
| 1st person plural | Beninünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Beninetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Beninjük | — |
Derived terms
See also
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛɲin/
Proper noun
Benin m
Declension
declension of Benin
Derived terms
- Benińczyk m, Beninka f
- adjective: beniński