أساس

See also: اساس‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء س س‎ (ʾ-s-s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.saːs/

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Noun

أَسَاس • (ʾasās) m (plural أُسُس‎ (ʾusus)), non-standard plural أَسَاسَات‎ (ʾasāsāt)

1. foundation, basis, base
   1. tenet
      • 2018 March 17, “الغارديان بعد مقتل منشق روسي جديد في لندن: "يجب أن ننظر جيدا ما خلف سحب أكاذيب بوتين"‎”, in BBC Arabic‎^[1]:

        ‏ويقول فريدلاند إن "بوتين كحائز على الحزام الأسود في الألعاب القتالية لايرى في أساسات الديمقراطية مثل حرية التعبير وسيادة القانون إلا وسائد هوائية رخوة تصلح للتدرب عليها في تنفيذ الركلات".‎‎

        And Freedland says that “Putin, possessing a black-belt in fighting, doesn’t see in tenets of democracy like freedom of expression and rule of law anything but slack airbags fit for training to kick on them.”

        paraphrasing Jonathan Freedland on The Guardian: We have to see through Putin’s fog of lies, and take action now:

        He has shown us how he sees, for example, the basic tenets of democracy – whether that’s free speech or belief in the rule of law, evidence and due process. To us, those may look like the firm pillars that hold up a decent society. But to a black-belt such as Putin they are rotten timbers, ripe for a good kicking and liable to bring down the whole edifice.

Declension

Declension of noun أَسَاس (ʾasās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاس ʾasās	الْأَسَاس‎ al-ʾasās	أَسَاس ʾasās
Nominative	أَسَاسٌ ʾasāsun	الْأَسَاسُ‎ al-ʾasāsu	أَسَاسُ ʾasāsu
Accusative	أَسَاسًا‎ ʾasāsan	الْأَسَاسَ‎ al-ʾasāsa	أَسَاسَ ʾasāsa
Genitive	أَسَاسٍ ʾasāsin	الْأَسَاسِ‎ al-ʾasāsi	أَسَاسِ ʾasāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاسَيْن‎ ʾasāsayn	الْأَسَاسَيْن‎ al-ʾasāsayn	أَسَاسَيْ‎ ʾasāsay
Nominative	أَسَاسَانِ‎ ʾasāsāni	الْأَسَاسَانِ‎ al-ʾasāsāni	أَسَاسَا‎ ʾasāsā
Accusative	أَسَاسَيْنِ‎ ʾasāsayni	الْأَسَاسَيْنِ‎ al-ʾasāsayni	أَسَاسَيْ‎ ʾasāsay
Genitive	أَسَاسَيْنِ‎ ʾasāsayni	الْأَسَاسَيْنِ‎ al-ʾasāsayni	أَسَاسَيْ‎ ʾasāsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسُس‎‎; أَسَاسَات‎ ʾusus‎; ʾasāsāt	الْأُسُس‎‎; الْأَسَاسَات‎ al-ʾusus‎; al-ʾasāsāt	أُسُس‎‎; أَسَاسَات‎ ʾusus‎; ʾasāsāt
Nominative	أُسُسٌ‎‎; أَسَاسَاتٌ‎ ʾususun‎; ʾasāsātun	الْأُسُسُ‎‎; الْأَسَاسَاتُ‎ al-ʾususu‎; al-ʾasāsātu	أُسُسُ‎‎; أَسَاسَاتُ‎ ʾususu‎; ʾasāsātu
Accusative	أُسُسًا‎‎; أَسَاسَاتٍ‎ ʾususan‎; ʾasāsātin	الْأُسُسَ‎‎; الْأَسَاسَاتِ‎ al-ʾususa‎; al-ʾasāsāti	أُسُسَ‎‎; أَسَاسَاتِ‎ ʾususa‎; ʾasāsāti
Genitive	أُسُسٍ‎‎; أَسَاسَاتٍ‎ ʾususin‎; ʾasāsātin	الْأُسُسِ‎‎; الْأَسَاسَاتِ‎ al-ʾususi‎; al-ʾasāsāti	أُسُسِ‎‎; أَسَاسَاتِ‎ ʾususi‎; ʾasāsāti

Derived terms

• أَسَاسِيّ‎ (ʾasāsiyy, “fundamental”)

Descendants

• Maltese: sies
• → Azerbaijani: əsas
• → Chagatai: اساس‎
  • Uyghur: ئاساس‎ (asas)
  • Uzbek: asos
• → Malay: asas
  • Indonesian: asas
• → Ottoman Turkish: اساس‎
  • Turkish: esas
• → Persian: اساس‎ (asâs)
  • → Urdu: اساس‎ (asās)
• → Portuguese: alicerce
• → Turkmen: esas

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830), “أساس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 33
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “أساس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 56
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أساس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 33
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أساس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 22