What would be the Somali word for Steadfast?
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Thatβs progress bro. Donβt reply to this thread if you are ciyaal baraaf
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Oh be nice, it was a good attempt on @Caaro 's part.
Depending on the context, and you shall have to offer an example to determine as to the context:
a) Xasil, xasilloon, xasilooni;
b) Sugan, sugnaan, sugid;
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Etymology: Steadfast:
Middle English stedfast, of persons, "unshakable, stubborn, resolute; firm and fixed in purpose, faith, etc." (c. 1200), from Old English stedefæst "secure in position, steady, firm in its place," from stede "place, position" (see stead) + fæst (see fast (adj.)).
Oh be nice, it was a good attempt on @Caaro 's part.
Depending on the context, and you shall have to offer an example to determine as to the context:
a) Xasil, xasilloon, xasilooni;
b) Sugan, sugnaan, sugid;
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Etymology: Steadfast:
Middle English stedfast, of persons, "unshakable, stubborn, resolute; firm and fixed in purpose, faith, etc." (c. 1200), from Old English stedefæst "secure in position, steady, firm in its place," from stede "place, position" (see stead) + fæst (see fast (adj.)).
Beggars can be haters however.
Hang on, are you not a goblin of the Qoti genus posing as a bone fide nomad? Peasants, serfs, and sedentary communities use subservient colloquy in addressing their sires, whereas libertarian, egalitarian warriors employ bespoke argot. After Arabic, very few languages could compete with Somali literature and poetry, but then, you would not be expected to know that.
Yami
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? Do you think I'm madhiban
Madhibaan are true nomads.
Yami
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The word does not exist in Somali. Cope
Caynaanka hay - be steadfast in the path
This is very good.
In cameleering, the rope attached, or the halter of a camel is called 'Cayn' with emphasis upon the 'C' rather than the 'y', and in its contemporary usage, as in 'caynaanka hay', which literally means 'hang on to the rope', was popularised to describe leadership, wherein it denotes keep leading. Or as you suggested, stay steadfast.
Postscript:
If the emphasis is on the 'y', it is a genus, popular in poetry as a type of a horse colour and pedigree wise, which then became the name of the famous well 'Cayn' *, (there is a legend as to origin of the well), and later name of the city Caynaba, in the 'Cayn' region of Hawd & Reserve area (originally at least).
Adjunct:
*As poet Cali Dhuux kicked off the famous Guba silsilah:
'Miduu caayo miduu caydhiyiyo mid uu carjaameeyo
Saddexdaa calaamu ka dhigay cuurkii Reer Dalale
Caqli mid aan lahayn baa tahee ha i caloolyeynin
Oo Cayn iyo Hartaad leedahye caraqa fuuqfuuqso'
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