Adjective: marfim
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | marfim |
| Singular f. | marfim |
| Plural m. | marfins |
| Plural f. | marfins |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like marfim
selvagem,
tupiniquim,
carmesim,
mirim,
bebum,
comum,
homem,
jovem,
msm,
verbatim,
sobrecomum,
incomum,
marrom,
marfim,
muslim,
carmim,
commum,
sefardim,
pixaim,
chinfrim, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese almafi, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan marfil.
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