إبريق

See also: ابریق

Arabic

إِبْرِيق

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.riːq/

Noun

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

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

     يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُو نَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ

     yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladū na 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)
• → 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
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 46–47