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مَكْسِيكِيّ
Mexican /mak.siːˈkiː/
adjectiveB2#3790 most common
Also: of Mexico, relating to Mexico
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ مَكْسِيكِيٌّ.
He is a Mexican man.
أَنَا أُحِبُّ الطَّعَامَ الْمَكْسِيكِيَّ.
I love Mexican food.
صَدِيقَتِي مَكْسِيكِيَّةٌ.
My friend is Mexican.
زُرْنَا مَطْعَمًا مَكْسِيكِيًّا فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
We visited a Mexican restaurant downtown.
يَشْتَهِرُ الْمُطْبَخُ الْمَكْسِيكِيُّ بِاسْتِخْدَامِ الْفُلْفُلِ الْحَارِّ.
Mexican cuisine is known for its use of hot peppers.
أَثَارَ الْفَنَّانُ الْمَكْسِيكِيُّ إِعْجَابَ النُّقَّادِ بِلَوْحَاتِهِ الْجَرِيئَةِ.
The Mexican artist won the critics' admiration with his bold paintings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَكْسِيكِيٌّ | مَكْسِيكِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | مَكْسِيكِيٍّ | مَكْسِيكِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | مَكْسِيكِيًّا | مَكْسِيكِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَكْسِيكِيُّ | يَا مَكْسِيكِيُّونَ |
Word family
الْمَكْسِيكMexico
مَكْسِيكِيَّةMexican (feminine), or a Mexican woman
مَكْسِيكِيُّونMexicans (masculine plural)
مَكْسِيكِيَّاتMexican women
Etymology
Arabic borrowed the place name المكسيك (Mexico) from Spanish México, which in turn comes from Nahuatl Mēxihco, the old name of the Aztec capital. Arabic then built the adjective by adding the nisba suffix -iyy, the standard tool for turning a place name into a word meaning 'of' or 'from' that place. So the word is a foreign root plus a native Arabic ending. There is no Proto-Indo-European root behind it, since the name's deepest layer is Nahuatl, not an Indo-European language.
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