إبرة

See also: ابره‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ب ر‎ (ʾ-b-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.ra/

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Noun

إِبْرَة • (ʾibra) f (plural إِبَر‎ (ʾibar))

1. needle (all senses)

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْرَة (ʾibra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرَة ʾibra	الْإِبْرَة‎ al-ʾibra	إِبْرَة ʾibrat
Nominative	إِبْرَةٌ ʾibratun	الْإِبْرَةُ‎ al-ʾibratu	إِبْرَةُ ʾibratu
Accusative	إِبْرَةً ʾibratan	الْإِبْرَةَ‎ al-ʾibrata	إِبْرَةَ ʾibrata
Genitive	إِبْرَةٍ ʾibratin	الْإِبْرَةِ‎ al-ʾibrati	إِبْرَةِ ʾibrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرَتَيْن‎ ʾibratayn	الْإِبْرَتَيْن‎ al-ʾibratayn	إِبْرَتَيْ‎ ʾibratay
Nominative	إِبْرَتَانِ‎ ʾibratāni	الْإِبْرَتَانِ‎ al-ʾibratāni	إِبْرَتَا‎ ʾibratā
Accusative	إِبْرَتَيْنِ‎ ʾibratayni	الْإِبْرَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾibratayni	إِبْرَتَيْ‎ ʾibratay
Genitive	إِبْرَتَيْنِ‎ ʾibratayni	الْإِبْرَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾibratayni	إِبْرَتَيْ‎ ʾibratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبَر‎ ʾibar	الْإِبَر‎ al-ʾibar	إِبَر‎ ʾibar
Nominative	إِبَرٌ‎ ʾibarun	الْإِبَرُ‎ al-ʾibaru	إِبَرُ‎ ʾibaru
Accusative	إِبَرًا‎ ʾibaran	الْإِبَرَ‎ al-ʾibara	إِبَرَ‎ ʾibara
Genitive	إِبَرٍ‎ ʾibarin	الْإِبَرِ‎ al-ʾibari	إِبَرِ‎ ʾibari

Descendants

• Maltese: labra
• → Azerbaijani: ibrə
• → Hausa: àllūr̃ā̀
• → Ottoman Turkish: ابره‎ (ibre)
  • Turkish: ibre

References

• “إبرة” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830), “إبرة”, 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 3
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “إبرة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 3
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إبرة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 2

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Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• برة‎ (bra)

Etymology

From Arabic إِبْرَة‎ (ʾibra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.ra/

• Audio

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Noun

إبرة • (ʔibra) f (plural إباري‎ (ʔibāri) or براوات‎ (brāwāt) or إبرات‎ (ʔibrāt))

1. needle

   Synonym: شوكة‎ (šūka)