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
- the Pleiades
- 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
Declension
Declension of noun ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)
Singular | singular invariable | ||
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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[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152