إدريس

See also: ادریس

Arabic

Etymology

From the verb أَدْرُس (ʔadrus, “to teach”), from the root د ر س (d-r-s), reportedly because he was the first to write with a pen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔid.riːs/

Proper noun

إِدْرِيس • (ʔidrīs) m

1. (Islam) Idris, Idrees, a prophet in Islam generally held to be identical to the biblical Enoch
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:56:

     وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَبِ إِدْرِيسَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا

     wa-ḏkur fī l-kitābi ʾidrīsa ʾinnahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

     And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

Declension

Declension of noun إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِدْرِيس ʔidrīs	—
Nominative	—	إِدْرِيسُ ʔidrīsu	—
Accusative	—	إِدْرِيسَ ʔidrīsa	—
Genitive	—	إِدْرِيسَ ʔidrīsa	—

See also

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• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}