إصابة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba, “to hit the target, to injure”), from the root ص و ب (ṣ-w-b).

Noun

إِصَابَة • (ʔiṣāba) f (plural إِصَابَات (ʔiṣābāt))

1. verbal noun of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba, “to hit the target, to injure”) (form IV)
2. injury, trauma
3. score (number of points earned)
4. a hitting shot
5. right aiming
6. sound judgment
7. rectitude

Declension

Declension of noun إِصَابَة (ʔiṣāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَة ʔiṣāba	الْإِصَابَة al-ʔiṣāba	إِصَابَة ʔiṣābat
Nominative	إِصَابَةٌ ʔiṣābatun	الْإِصَابَةُ al-ʔiṣābatu	إِصَابَةُ ʔiṣābatu
Accusative	إِصَابَةً ʔiṣābatan	الْإِصَابَةَ al-ʔiṣābata	إِصَابَةَ ʔiṣābata
Genitive	إِصَابَةٍ ʔiṣābatin	الْإِصَابَةِ al-ʔiṣābati	إِصَابَةِ ʔiṣābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَتَيْن ʔiṣābatayn	الْإِصَابَتَيْن al-ʔiṣābatayn	إِصَابَتَيْ ʔiṣābatay
Nominative	إِصَابَتَانِ ʔiṣābatāni	الْإِصَابَتَانِ al-ʔiṣābatāni	إِصَابَتَا ʔiṣābatā
Accusative	إِصَابَتَيْنِ ʔiṣābatayni	الْإِصَابَتَيْنِ al-ʔiṣābatayni	إِصَابَتَيْ ʔiṣābatay
Genitive	إِصَابَتَيْنِ ʔiṣābatayni	الْإِصَابَتَيْنِ al-ʔiṣābatayni	إِصَابَتَيْ ʔiṣābatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَات ʔiṣābāt	الْإِصَابَات al-ʔiṣābāt	إِصَابَات ʔiṣābāt
Nominative	إِصَابَاتٌ ʔiṣābātun	الْإِصَابَاتُ al-ʔiṣābātu	إِصَابَاتُ ʔiṣābātu
Accusative	إِصَابَاتٍ ʔiṣābātin	الْإِصَابَاتِ al-ʔiṣābāti	إِصَابَاتِ ʔiṣābāti
Genitive	إِصَابَاتٍ ʔiṣābātin	الْإِصَابَاتِ al-ʔiṣābāti	إِصَابَاتِ ʔiṣābāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إصابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “إصابة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN