بعوضة
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the root ب ع ض (b-ʕ-ḍ) meaning "a small part", "one of a group or swarm".
Noun[edit]
بَعُوضَة • (baʕūḍa) f (singulative, collective بَعُوض m (baʕūḍ))
- a mosquito, gnat
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:26:
- إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا
- ʔinna llāha lā yastaḥyī ʔan yaḍriba maṯalan mā baʕūḍatan famā fawqahā
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively) a pest, someone who is bothersome
- (figuratively) an annoying, frustrating, impossible task
- (figuratively) an insignificant person, easily crushed
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun بَعُوضَة (baʕūḍa)
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَعُوضَة baʕūḍa |
الْبَعُوضَة al-baʕūḍa |
بَعُوضَة baʕūḍat |
| Nominative | بَعُوضَةٌ baʕūḍatun |
الْبَعُوضَةُ al-baʕūḍatu |
بَعُوضَةُ baʕūḍatu |
| Accusative | بَعُوضَةً baʕūḍatan |
الْبَعُوضَةَ al-baʕūḍata |
بَعُوضَةَ baʕūḍata |
| Genitive | بَعُوضَةٍ baʕūḍatin |
الْبَعُوضَةِ al-baʕūḍati |
بَعُوضَةِ baʕūḍati |
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَعُوض baʕūḍ |
الْبَعُوض al-baʕūḍ |
بَعُوض baʕūḍ |
| Nominative | بَعُوضٌ baʕūḍun |
الْبَعُوضُ al-baʕūḍu |
بَعُوضُ baʕūḍu |
| Accusative | بَعُوضًا baʕūḍan |
الْبَعُوضَ al-baʕūḍa |
بَعُوضَ baʕūḍa |
| Genitive | بَعُوضٍ baʕūḍin |
الْبَعُوضِ al-baʕūḍi |
بَعُوضِ baʕūḍi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَعُوضَتَيْن baʕūḍatayn |
الْبَعُوضَتَيْن al-baʕūḍatayn |
بَعُوضَتَيْ baʕūḍatay |
| Nominative | بَعُوضَتَانِ baʕūḍatāni |
الْبَعُوضَتَانِ al-baʕūḍatāni |
بَعُوضَتَا baʕūḍatā |
| Accusative | بَعُوضَتَيْنِ baʕūḍatayni |
الْبَعُوضَتَيْنِ al-baʕūḍatayni |
بَعُوضَتَيْ baʕūḍatay |
| Genitive | بَعُوضَتَيْنِ baʕūḍatayni |
الْبَعُوضَتَيْنِ al-baʕūḍatayni |
بَعُوضَتَيْ baʕūḍatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَعُوضَات baʕūḍāt |
الْبَعُوضَات al-baʕūḍāt |
بَعُوضَات baʕūḍāt |
| Nominative | بَعُوضَاتٌ baʕūḍātun |
الْبَعُوضَاتُ al-baʕūḍātu |
بَعُوضَاتُ baʕūḍātu |
| Accusative | بَعُوضَاتٍ baʕūḍātin |
الْبَعُوضَاتِ al-baʕūḍāti |
بَعُوضَاتِ baʕūḍāti |
| Genitive | بَعُوضَاتٍ baʕūḍātin |
الْبَعُوضَاتِ al-baʕūḍāti |
بَعُوضَاتِ baʕūḍāti |
References[edit]
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “بعوضة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 227