ifrit

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English

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Arabian Nights - Letchford - 71 "And as soon as he touched bottom he was confronted by the Ifrit."

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ifrit (plural ifrits)

  1. (Islam) A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
  2. (Arab mythology) A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.
  3. A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.

Descendants

  • Japanese: イフリート (ifurīto)

Translations

Finnish

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Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ifrit

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Declension

Inflection of ifrit (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative ifrit ifritit
genitive ifritin ifritien
partitive ifritiä ifritejä
illative ifritiin ifriteihin
singular plural
nominative ifrit ifritit
accusative nom. ifrit ifritit
gen. ifritin
genitive ifritin ifritien
partitive ifritiä ifritejä
inessive ifritissä ifriteissä
elative ifritistä ifriteistä
illative ifritiin ifriteihin
adessive ifritillä ifriteillä
ablative ifritiltä ifriteiltä
allative ifritille ifriteille
essive ifritinä ifriteinä
translative ifritiksi ifriteiksi
abessive ifritittä ifriteittä
instructive ifritein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ifrit (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ifritini ifritini
accusative nom. ifritini ifritini
gen. ifritini
genitive ifritini ifritieni
partitive ifritiäni ifritejäni
inessive ifritissäni ifriteissäni
elative ifritistäni ifriteistäni
illative ifritiini ifriteihini
adessive ifritilläni ifriteilläni
ablative ifritiltäni ifriteiltäni
allative ifritilleni ifriteilleni
essive ifritinäni ifriteinäni
translative ifritikseni ifriteikseni
abessive ifritittäni ifriteittäni
instructive
comitative ifriteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ifritisi ifritisi
accusative nom. ifritisi ifritisi
gen. ifritisi
genitive ifritisi ifritiesi
partitive ifritiäsi ifritejäsi
inessive ifritissäsi ifriteissäsi
elative ifritistäsi ifriteistäsi
illative ifritiisi ifriteihisi
adessive ifritilläsi ifriteilläsi
ablative ifritiltäsi ifriteiltäsi
allative ifritillesi ifriteillesi
essive ifritinäsi ifriteinäsi
translative ifritiksesi ifriteiksesi
abessive ifritittäsi ifriteittäsi
instructive
comitative ifriteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ifritimme ifritimme
accusative nom. ifritimme ifritimme
gen. ifritimme
genitive ifritimme ifritiemme
partitive ifritiämme ifritejämme
inessive ifritissämme ifriteissämme
elative ifritistämme ifriteistämme
illative ifritiimme ifriteihimme
adessive ifritillämme ifriteillämme
ablative ifritiltämme ifriteiltämme
allative ifritillemme ifriteillemme
essive ifritinämme ifriteinämme
translative ifritiksemme ifriteiksemme
abessive ifritittämme ifriteittämme
instructive
comitative ifriteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ifritinne ifritinne
accusative nom. ifritinne ifritinne
gen. ifritinne
genitive ifritinne ifritienne
partitive ifritiänne ifritejänne
inessive ifritissänne ifriteissänne
elative ifritistänne ifriteistänne
illative ifritiinne ifriteihinne
adessive ifritillänne ifriteillänne
ablative ifritiltänne ifriteiltänne
allative ifritillenne ifriteillenne
essive ifritinänne ifriteinänne
translative ifritiksenne ifriteiksenne
abessive ifritittänne ifriteittänne
instructive
comitative ifriteinenne

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay ifrit, from Classical Malay ifrit, from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: if‧rit

Noun

ifrit

  1. (Islam) ifrit

Further reading

Malay

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Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Noun

ifrit (Jawi spelling عفريت, plural ifrit-ifrit, informal 1st possessive ifritku, 2nd possessive ifritmu, 3rd possessive ifritnya)

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Descendants

Norwegian

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Noun

ifrit

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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ifrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.frit/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ifrit
  • Syllabification: i‧frit

Noun

ifrit m animal

  1. (Islam, mythology) ifrit (evil spirit)

Declension

Further reading

  • ifrit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈfɾit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: i‧frit

Noun

ifrit m (plural ifrits)

  1. (Islam, mythology) ifrit

Turkish

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عفریت, from Persian عِفْرِیت ('efrit), from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Noun

ifrit (definite accusative ifridi, plural ifritler)

  1. (Islam) ifrit