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ISMAELIEN [2 records]

Record 1 2013-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

Relating to Ismaili Muslims.

OBS

In English, the noun and the adjective have the same spelling, though the adjective never takes the form of the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
OBS

Qui concerne les musulmans ismaéliens.

OBS

Forme plurielle : ismaéliens, ismaéliennes.

OBS

Ne pas confondre le substantif, nom de personne, qui demande la majuscule initiale, et l'adjectif, un qualifiant, qui appelle la minuscule.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A member of a Shiite Muslim branch that seceded from the main group in the 8th century over the question of succession to the position of imam.

OBS

Ismailis; Ismailians; Ismaelians: plural forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Membre d'une secte chiite extrémiste qui, à l'opposé de la majorité des chiites, admet Ismail comme septième et dernier imam.

OBS

Ismaéliens; Ismaéliennes; Ismaïliens; Ismaïliennes : formes plurielles.

Spanish

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