intifada

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See also: intifadą

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

Noun

intifada (plural intifadas)

  1. An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
  2. An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.
    1. (often capitalized) The Palestinian uprisings against Israel.
      • 2009, Sumantra Bose, Contested lands, →ISBN, page 262:
        Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn.
      • 2021 May 11, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
        But unlike the Intifadas that began in 1987 and 2000, when Israel had someone to call to try to turn it off, there is no Palestinian on the other end of the phone this time […]

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

Noun

intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tiˈfa.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: in‧ti‧fà‧da

Noun

intifada f (plural intifade)

  1. intifada

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tiˈfa.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: in‧ti‧fa‧da

Noun

intifada f

  1. (Islam, politics) intifada (uprising, resistant struggle or rebellious protest, especially the Palestinian uprisings against Israel)
    Hypernyms: insurekcja, powstanie

Declension

Declension of intifada
singular plural
nominative intifada intifady
genitive intifady intifad
dative intifadzie intifadom
accusative intifadę intifady
instrumental intifadą intifadami
locative intifadzie intifadach
vocative intifado intifady

Further reading

  • intifada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • intifada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /intiˈfada/
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: in‧ti‧fa‧da

Noun

intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)

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