أفعى
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *ʔapʕaw- (“viper, a kind of serpent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
أَفْعًى • (ʾafʿan) f (construct state أَفْعَى (ʾafʿā), dual أَفْعَيَانِ (ʾafʿayāni), plural أَفَاعٍ (ʾafāʿin), plural construct state أَفَاعِي (ʾafāʿī), masculine أُفْعُوَان (ʾufʿuwān))
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun أَفْعًى (ʾafʿan)
Singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
Nominative | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
Accusative | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
Genitive | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | أَفْعَيَيْن ʾafʿayayn |
الْأَفْعَيَيْن al-ʾafʿayayn |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
Nominative | أَفْعَيَانِ ʾafʿayāni |
الْأَفْعَيَانِ al-ʾafʿayāni |
أَفْعَيَا ʾafʿayā |
Accusative | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʾafʿayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʾafʿayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
Genitive | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʾafʿayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʾafʿayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
Nominative | أَفَاعٍ ʾafāʿin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
Accusative | أَفَاعِيَ ʾafāʿiya |
الْأَفَاعِيَ al-ʾafāʿiya |
أَفَاعِيَ ʾafāʿiya |
Genitive | أَفَاعٍ ʾafāʿin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أفعى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2421c
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أفعى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 845a
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أفعى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 63
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