إبريق

See also: ابریق

Arabic

إِبْرِيق

Etymology

From Middle Persian or Parthian *ābrēk possibly via Classical Syriac ܐܒܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā), attested as Classical Persian آبریز (ābrēz) from آب (âb, “water”) + the present stem of the verb ریختن (rêxtan, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.riːq/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ʔib.riːɡ/

Noun

إِبْرِيق • (ʔibrīq) m (plural أَبَارِيق (ʔabārīq))

1. pitcher, jug
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:

     يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

     yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin

     There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرِيق ʔibrīq	الْإِبْرِيق al-ʔibrīq	إِبْرِيق ʔibrīq
Nominative	إِبْرِيقٌ ʔibrīqun	الْإِبْرِيقُ al-ʔibrīqu	إِبْرِيقُ ʔibrīqu
Accusative	إِبْرِيقًا ʔibrīqan	الْإِبْرِيقَ al-ʔibrīqa	إِبْرِيقَ ʔibrīqa
Genitive	إِبْرِيقٍ ʔibrīqin	الْإِبْرِيقِ al-ʔibrīqi	إِبْرِيقِ ʔibrīqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرِيقَيْن ʔibrīqayn	الْإِبْرِيقَيْن al-ʔibrīqayn	إِبْرِيقَيْ ʔibrīqay
Nominative	إِبْرِيقَانِ ʔibrīqāni	الْإِبْرِيقَانِ al-ʔibrīqāni	إِبْرِيقَا ʔibrīqā
Accusative	إِبْرِيقَيْنِ ʔibrīqayni	الْإِبْرِيقَيْنِ al-ʔibrīqayni	إِبْرِيقَيْ ʔibrīqay
Genitive	إِبْرِيقَيْنِ ʔibrīqayni	الْإِبْرِيقَيْنِ al-ʔibrīqayni	إِبْرِيقَيْ ʔibrīqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَبَارِيق ʔabārīq	الْأَبَارِيق al-ʔabārīq	أَبَارِيق ʔabārīq
Nominative	أَبَارِيقُ ʔabārīqu	الْأَبَارِيقُ al-ʔabārīqu	أَبَارِيقُ ʔabārīqu
Accusative	أَبَارِيقَ ʔabārīqa	الْأَبَارِيقَ al-ʔabārīqa	أَبَارِيقَ ʔabārīqa
Genitive	أَبَارِيقَ ʔabārīqa	الْأَبَارِيقِ al-ʔabārīqi	أَبَارِيقِ ʔabārīqi

Derived terms

• أَبَارِيقِيّ (ʔabārīqiyy)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: ابريج (ibrīj)
• → Afar: abrík
• → Classical Persian: ابریق (ibrīq)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इब्रीक़ (ibrīq)

    Urdu: ابریق (ibrīq)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ابریق (ibrīq)
  • Turkish: ibrik, ıbrık
  • → Albanian: ibrik
  • → Aromanian: ibríc
  • → Bulgarian: ибри́к (ibrík)
  • → Czech: imbrik
  • → English: ibrik
  • → Greek: μπρίκι (bríki)
  • → Hungarian: ibrik
  • → Italian: bricco
  • → Macedonian: ибрик (ibrik)
  • → Polish: imbryk
  • → Romanian: ibríc
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: ìbrīk

    Cyrillic script: ѝбрӣк

References

• “ˀbryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University, pages 2–3
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 15
• Grimme, Hubert (1912) “Über einige Klassen südarabischer Lehnwörter im Koran”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[2] (in German), volume 26, page 164
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 46–47
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 7 Nr. 5

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• بريق (brīʔ)

Etymology

From Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.riːʔ/, [ʔɪbˈriːʔ]

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Noun

إبريق • (ʔibrīʔ) m (plural أباريق (ʔabārīʔ))

1. jug, pitcher

   Synonym: جرّة (jarra)

2. teapot
3. watering can

See also

• كوز (kūz, “small jug, small pitcher”)