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Libya
Libya
English
Proper noun
Libya
- A country in North Africa.
- (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
Derived terms
Translations
country in Northern Africa
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See also
- Tripoli
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Libya
Declension
| Inflection of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Libya | — | |
| genitive | Libyan | — | |
| partitive | Libyaa | — | |
| illative | Libyaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Libya | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Libya | — |
| gen. | Libyan | ||
| genitive | Libyan | — | |
| partitive | Libyaa | — | |
| inessive | Libyassa | — | |
| elative | Libyasta | — | |
| illative | Libyaan | — | |
| adessive | Libyalla | — | |
| ablative | Libyalta | — | |
| allative | Libyalle | — | |
| essive | Libyana | — | |
| translative | Libyaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Libyatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē) Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny and Cicero. Juvenal has Libye.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.by.a/, [ˈlɪ.bʏ.a]
Proper noun
Lĭbya f (genitive Libyae); first declension, also Lĭbŭa, Lĭbyē
- Africa, i.e. the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
- (New Latin) Libya (modern country in North Africa)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Libya |
| genitive | Libyae |
| dative | Libyae |
| accusative | Libyam |
| ablative | Libyā |
| vocative | Libya |
Related terms
- libycus, Libycus
- Libys
Descendants
References
- Libya in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Libya”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.