بشرة

See also: تسرة and بسرة

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ب ش ر (b š r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʃa.ra/

Noun

بَشَرَة • (bašara) f (singulative, collective بَشَر m (bašar), plural أَبْشَار (ʔabšār))

1. skin, outer skin, epidermis

   Synonym: جِلْد (jild)

2. complexion
3. herbage
4. hand
5. surface
6. human frame
7. humanity, mankind

Declension

Declension of noun بَشَرَة (bašara)

singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَشَرَة bašara	الْبَشَرَة al-bašara	بَشَرَة bašarat
nominative	بَشَرَةٌ bašaratun	الْبَشَرَةُ al-bašaratu	بَشَرَةُ bašaratu
accusative	بَشَرَةً bašaratan	الْبَشَرَةَ al-bašarata	بَشَرَةَ bašarata
genitive	بَشَرَةٍ bašaratin	الْبَشَرَةِ al-bašarati	بَشَرَةِ bašarati
collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَشَر bašar	الْبَشَر al-bašar	بَشَر bašar
nominative	بَشَرٌ bašarun	الْبَشَرُ al-bašaru	بَشَرُ bašaru
accusative	بَشَرًا bašaran	الْبَشَرَ al-bašara	بَشَرَ bašara
genitive	بَشَرٍ bašarin	الْبَشَرِ al-bašari	بَشَرِ bašari
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَشَرَتَيْن bašaratayn	الْبَشَرَتَيْن al-bašaratayn	بَشَرَتَيْ bašaratay
nominative	بَشَرَتَانِ bašaratāni	الْبَشَرَتَانِ al-bašaratāni	بَشَرَتَا bašaratā
accusative	بَشَرَتَيْنِ bašaratayni	الْبَشَرَتَيْنِ al-bašaratayni	بَشَرَتَيْ bašaratay
genitive	بَشَرَتَيْنِ bašaratayni	الْبَشَرَتَيْنِ al-bašaratayni	بَشَرَتَيْ bašaratay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَشَرَات bašarāt	الْبَشَرَات al-bašarāt	بَشَرَات bašarāt
nominative	بَشَرَاتٌ bašarātun	الْبَشَرَاتُ al-bašarātu	بَشَرَاتُ bašarātu
accusative	بَشَرَاتٍ bašarātin	الْبَشَرَاتِ al-bašarāti	بَشَرَاتِ bašarāti
genitive	بَشَرَاتٍ bašarātin	الْبَشَرَاتِ al-bašarāti	بَشَرَاتِ bašarāti
plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَبْشَار ʔabšār	الْأَبْشَار al-ʔabšār	أَبْشَار ʔabšār
nominative	أَبْشَارٌ ʔabšārun	الْأَبْشَارُ al-ʔabšāru	أَبْشَارُ ʔabšāru
accusative	أَبْشَارًا ʔabšāran	الْأَبْشَارَ al-ʔabšāra	أَبْشَارَ ʔabšāra
genitive	أَبْشَارٍ ʔabšārin	الْأَبْشَارِ al-ʔabšāri	أَبْشَارِ ʔabšāri

Descendants

• → Uzbek: bashara

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “بشرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بشرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بشر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic بَشَرة (bašara).

Noun

بشرة • (bašara) f

1. complexion
2. skin

   Synonym: جلد (jild)