لؤلؤة

Arabic

لُؤْلُؤَة

Etymology

From the root ل ء ل ء (l-ʔ-l-ʔ); related to the verb لَأْلَأَ (laʔlaʔa, “to shine, to flash, to glitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luʔ.lu.ʔa/

Noun

لُؤْلُؤَة • (luʔluʔa) f (singulative, collective لُؤْلُؤ m (luʔluʔ), plural لَآلِئ (laʔāliʔ))

1. pearl

Declension

Declension of noun لُؤْلُؤَة (luʔluʔa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَة luʔluʔa	اللُّؤْلُؤَة al-luʔluʔa	لُؤْلُؤَة luʔluʔat
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَةٌ luʔluʔatun	اللُّؤْلُؤَةُ al-luʔluʔatu	لُؤْلُؤَةُ luʔluʔatu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَةً luʔluʔatan	اللُّؤْلُؤَةَ al-luʔluʔata	لُؤْلُؤَةَ luʔluʔata
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَةٍ luʔluʔatin	اللُّؤْلُؤَةِ al-luʔluʔati	لُؤْلُؤَةِ luʔluʔati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤ luʔluʔ	اللُّؤْلُؤ al-luʔluʔ	لُؤْلُؤ luʔluʔ
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤٌ luʔluʔun	اللُّؤْلُؤُ al-luʔluʔu	لُؤْلُؤُ luʔluʔu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤًا luʔluʔan	اللُّؤْلُؤَ al-luʔluʔa	لُؤْلُؤَ luʔluʔa
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤٍ luʔluʔin	اللُّؤْلُؤِ al-luʔluʔi	لُؤْلُؤِ luʔluʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْن luʔluʔatayn	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْن al-luʔluʔatayn	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَتَانِ luʔluʔatāni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَانِ al-luʔluʔatāni	لُؤْلُؤَتَا luʔluʔatā
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ luʔluʔatayni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ al-luʔluʔatayni	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ luʔluʔatayni	اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ al-luʔluʔatayni	لُؤْلُؤَتَيْ luʔluʔatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لُؤْلُؤَات luʔluʔāt	اللُّؤْلُؤَات al-luʔluʔāt	لُؤْلُؤَات luʔluʔāt
Nominative	لُؤْلُؤَاتٌ luʔluʔātun	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتُ al-luʔluʔātu	لُؤْلُؤَاتُ luʔluʔātu
Accusative	لُؤْلُؤَاتٍ luʔluʔātin	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتِ al-luʔluʔāti	لُؤْلُؤَاتِ luʔluʔāti
Genitive	لُؤْلُؤَاتٍ luʔluʔātin	اللُّؤْلُؤَاتِ al-luʔluʔāti	لُؤْلُؤَاتِ luʔluʔāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَآلِئ laʔāliʔ	اللَّآلِئ al-laʔāliʔ	لَآلِئ laʔāliʔ
Nominative	لَآلِئُ laʔāliʔu	اللَّآلِئُ al-laʔāliʔu	لَآلِئُ laʔāliʔu
Accusative	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa	اللَّآلِئَ al-laʔāliʔa	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa
Genitive	لَآلِئَ laʔāliʔa	اللَّآلِئِ al-laʔāliʔi	لَآلِئِ laʔāliʔi

Proper noun

لُؤْلُؤَة • (luʔluʔa) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun لُؤْلُؤَة (luʔluʔa)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لُؤْلُؤَة luʔluʔa	—
Nominative	—	لُؤْلُؤَةُ luʔluʔatu	—
Accusative	—	لُؤْلُؤَةَ luʔluʔata	—
Genitive	—	لُؤْلُؤَةَ luʔluʔata	—

Derived terms

• لُؤْلُؤِيّ (luʔluʔiyy)
• زَهْر اللُّؤْلُؤ (zahr al-luʔluʔ)
• عِرْق اللُّؤْلُؤ (ʕirq al-luʔluʔ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ل ء ل ء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN