إسوة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أُسْوَة (ʔuswa)
Etymology
From the root ء س و (ʔ-s-w).
Pronunciation
Noun
إِسْوَة • (ʔiswa) f (plural إِسًى (ʔisan))
- (archaic) remedy, relief; consolation
- (archaic) complement
- a single action of imitation
- simile, model, exemplar, what serves comparison
Declension
Declension of noun إِسْوَة (ʔiswa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | إِسْوَة ʔiswa |
الْإِسْوَة al-ʔiswa |
إِسْوَة ʔiswat |
Nominative | إِسْوَةٌ ʔiswatun |
الْإِسْوَةُ al-ʔiswatu |
إِسْوَةُ ʔiswatu |
Accusative | إِسْوَةً ʔiswatan |
الْإِسْوَةَ al-ʔiswata |
إِسْوَةَ ʔiswata |
Genitive | إِسْوَةٍ ʔiswatin |
الْإِسْوَةِ al-ʔiswati |
إِسْوَةِ ʔiswati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | إِسْوَتَيْن ʔiswatayn |
الْإِسْوَتَيْن al-ʔiswatayn |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
Nominative | إِسْوَتَانِ ʔiswatāni |
الْإِسْوَتَانِ al-ʔiswatāni |
إِسْوَتَا ʔiswatā |
Accusative | إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni |
الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
Genitive | إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni |
الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
Plural | broken plural in ـًى (-an) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | إِسَى ʔisā |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
Nominative | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
Accusative | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
Genitive | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “إسوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “إسوة”, 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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 34