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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension
- an Amalekite
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
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