ذراع
Arabic
Etymology
- From the root ذ ر ع (ḏ-r-ʕ).
- Cognate to Aramaic דְּרָעָא / ܕܪܥܐ (dərāʿā), Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zərṓaʿ), Ugaritic 𐎏𐎗𐎓 (ḏrʿ), Ge'ez መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Tigre ዘራዕ (zäraʿ), መዛርዕት (mäzarəʿt), Tigrinya መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Soqotri direʿ, Shehri diráʿ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ذِرَاع • (ḏirāʕ) f (dual ذِرَاعَانِ (ḏirāʕāni), plural أَذْرُع (ʔaḏruʕ) or ذُرْعَان (ḏurʕān))
- arm (“portion of the upper appendage from shoulder to wrist”)
- lever, shift lever, lever arm
- crank arm
- jib, boom
- cubit, (especially) the Arabian cubit variously standardized by place, time, and item from 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
Declension
Declension of noun ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ذِرَاع ḏirāʕ |
الذِّرَاع aḏ-ḏirāʕ |
ذِرَاع ḏirāʕ |
Nominative | ذِرَاعٌ ḏirāʕun |
الذِّرَاعُ aḏ-ḏirāʕu |
ذِرَاعُ ḏirāʕu |
Accusative | ذِرَاعًا ḏirāʕan |
الذِّرَاعَ aḏ-ḏirāʕa |
ذِرَاعَ ḏirāʕa |
Genitive | ذِرَاعٍ ḏirāʕin |
الذِّرَاعِ aḏ-ḏirāʕi |
ذِرَاعِ ḏirāʕi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | ذِرَاعَيْن ḏirāʕayn |
الذِّرَاعَيْن aḏ-ḏirāʕayn |
ذِرَاعَيْ ḏirāʕay |
Nominative | ذِرَاعَانِ ḏirāʕāni |
الذِّرَاعَانِ aḏ-ḏirāʕāni |
ذِرَاعَا ḏirāʕā |
Accusative | ذِرَاعَيْنِ ḏirāʕayni |
الذِّرَاعَيْنِ aḏ-ḏirāʕayni |
ذِرَاعَيْ ḏirāʕay |
Genitive | ذِرَاعَيْنِ ḏirāʕayni |
الذِّرَاعَيْنِ aḏ-ḏirāʕayni |
ذِرَاعَيْ ḏirāʕay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَذْرُع; ذُرْعَان ʔaḏruʕ; ḏurʕān |
الْأَذْرُع; الذُّرْعَان al-ʔaḏruʕ; aḏ-ḏurʕān |
أَذْرُع; ذُرْعَان ʔaḏruʕ; ḏurʕān |
Nominative | أَذْرُعٌ; ذُرْعَانٌ ʔaḏruʕun; ḏurʕānun |
الْأَذْرُعُ; الذُّرْعَانُ al-ʔaḏruʕu; aḏ-ḏurʕānu |
أَذْرُعُ; ذُرْعَانُ ʔaḏruʕu; ḏurʕānu |
Accusative | أَذْرُعًا; ذُرْعَانًا ʔaḏruʕan; ḏurʕānan |
الْأَذْرُعَ; الذُّرْعَانَ al-ʔaḏruʕa; aḏ-ḏurʕāna |
أَذْرُعَ; ذُرْعَانَ ʔaḏruʕa; ḏurʕāna |
Genitive | أَذْرُعٍ; ذُرْعَانٍ ʔaḏruʕin; ḏurʕānin |
الْأَذْرُعِ; الذُّرْعَانِ al-ʔaḏruʕi; aḏ-ḏurʕāni |
أَذْرُعِ; ذُرْعَانِ ʔaḏruʕi; ḏurʕāni |
Descendants
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1047
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ذراع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 485
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذراع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 85
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ذراع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 961
- Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 136
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 379
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ذراع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 385
- Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “ذراع”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache[5] (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 705
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذراع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 356
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