حرير

See also: خرير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ر ر (ḥ-r-r), denoting "highness", "extremeness", "nobleness", "best condition", "finest quality".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħɑriːr/

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Noun

حَرِير • (ḥarīr) m

1. silk

Declension

Declension of noun حَرِير (ḥarīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرِير ḥarīr	الْحَرِير al-ḥarīr	حَرِير ḥarīr
Nominative	حَرِيرٌ ḥarīrun	الْحَرِيرُ al-ḥarīru	حَرِيرُ ḥarīru
Accusative	حَرِيرًا ḥarīran	الْحَرِيرَ al-ḥarīra	حَرِيرَ ḥarīra
Genitive	حَرِيرٍ ḥarīrin	الْحَرِيرِ al-ḥarīri	حَرِيرِ ḥarīri

Derived terms

• حَرِيرِيّ (ḥarīriyy)
• حَرَائِرِيّ (ḥarāʔiriyy)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حرير”, 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 360
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حرير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 539