Mahometus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Machomētus, Mahomētēs, Maomētus

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), likely via a variety of Arabic that had the first two vowels methathesized; for example, Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (maḥummad). The penultimate vowel is presumed long from the inherited stress of the descendant languages.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mahomētus m sg (genitive Mahomētī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

  1. Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mahomētus
Genitive Mahomētī
Dative Mahomētō
Accusative Mahomētum
Ablative Mahomētō
Vocative Mahomēte

Descendants

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