ثريا

See also: ثریا‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Diminutive of ثَرِىّ‎ (ṯariyy, “many, numerous, abundant”) from the root ث ر و‎ (ṯ-r-w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".

Proper noun

الثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f

1. the Pleiades
2. a high place in the sky

Etymology 2

From likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.

Alternative forms

• ثُرَيَّة‎ (ṯurayya)

Noun

ثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f

1. chandelier

Declension

Declension of noun ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا‎ aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Nominative	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا‎ aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Accusative	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا‎ aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Genitive	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا‎ aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2011), “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 152