FromItaliansierra(“mountain range”) +leone(“lion”) (viaVenetian), itself fromPortugueseSerra Leoa(“lioness mountains”), as the area was described to the rest of Europe by Venetian explorerAlvise Cadamosto; in reference to theLion Mountains (named byPedro de Sintra in 1462).
Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone
SierraLeone f (relational adjectivesierraleonský,demonymSierraleoňan)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sierra Leone |
| genitive | Sierry Leone |
| dative | Sieře Leone |
| accusative | Sierru Leone |
| vocative | Sierro Leone |
| locative | Sieře Leone |
| instrumental | Sierrou Leone |
Borrowed fromItalianSierra Leone, fromPortugueseSerra Leoa.
Sierra Leone n
Sierra Leone
| Inflection ofSierra Leone (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sierra Leone | — | |
| genitive | Sierra Leonen | — | |
| partitive | Sierra Leonea | — | |
| illative | Sierra Leoneen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Sierra Leone | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Sierra Leone | — |
| gen. | Sierra Leonen | ||
| genitive | Sierra Leonen | — | |
| partitive | Sierra Leonea | — | |
| inessive | Sierra Leonessa | — | |
| elative | Sierra Leonesta | — | |
| illative | Sierra Leoneen | — | |
| adessive | Sierra Leonella | — | |
| ablative | Sierra Leonelta | — | |
| allative | Sierra Leonelle | — | |
| essive | Sierra Leonena | — | |
| translative | Sierra Leoneksi | — | |
| abessive | Sierra Leonetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Sierra Leone n (proper noun,genitiveSierra Leonesor(optionally with an article)Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leone
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sierra Leone | — |
| accusative | Sierra Leonét | — |
| dative | Sierra Leonénak | — |
| instrumental | Sierra Leonéval | — |
| causal-final | Sierra Leonéért | — |
| translative | Sierra Leonévá | — |
| terminative | Sierra Leonéig | — |
| essive-formal | Sierra Leoneként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Sierra Leonéban | — |
| superessive | Sierra Leonén | — |
| adessive | Sierra Leonénál | — |
| illative | Sierra Leonéba | — |
| sublative | Sierra Leonéra | — |
| allative | Sierra Leonéhoz | — |
| elative | Sierra Leonéból | — |
| delative | Sierra Leonéról | — |
| ablative | Sierra Leonétól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | Sierra Leonéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | Sierra Leonééi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Sierra Leoném | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Sierra Leonéd | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Sierra Leonéja | — |
| 1st person plural | Sierra Leonénk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Sierra Leonétok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Sierra Leonéjuk | — |
Sierra Leone f
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone n (indeclinable,related adjectivesierraleoński)
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Sierra Leone f
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone n (genitiveSierra Leones)
Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sierra Leone |
| accusative | Sierra Leone'yi |
| dative | Sierra Leone'ye |
| locative | Sierra Leone'de |
| ablative | Sierra Leone'den |
| genitive | Sierra Leone'nin |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim(my) | Sierra Leone'm | Sierra Leonelerim Sierra Leone'lerim |
| senin(your) | Sierra Leone'n | Sierra Leonelerin Sierra Leone'lerin |
| onun(his/her/its) | Sierra Leone'si | Sierra Leoneleri Sierra Leone'leri |
| bizim(our) | Sierra Leone'miz | Sierra Leonelerimiz Sierra Leone'lerimiz |
| sizin(your) | Sierra Leone'niz | Sierra Leoneleriniz Sierra Leone'leriniz |
| onların(their) | Sierra Leone'si Sierra Leoneleri Sierra Leone'leri | Sierra Leoneleri Sierra Leone'leri |
Sierra Leone f (not mutable)
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
