سلحفاة
Arabic
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Etymology
Derived from Aramaic סלופּי (salūpā, “tortoise, land-turtle”), from Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppû, “turtle, snake; a shell, egg, canister”). Also found as Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה (šalḥūp̄ā, “tortoise”).
Pronunciation
Noun
سُلَحْفَاة • (sulaḥfāh) f (plural سَلَاحِف (salāḥif))
- turtle
- ellipsis of سُلَحْفَاة بَرِّيَّة (sulaḥfā(t) barriyya, “tortoise”).
Declension
Declension of noun سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سُلَحْفَاة sulaḥfāt |
السُّلَحْفَاة as-sulaḥfāt |
سُلَحْفَاة sulaḥfāt |
Nominative | سُلَحْفَاةٌ sulaḥfātun |
السُّلَحْفَاةُ as-sulaḥfātu |
سُلَحْفَاةُ sulaḥfātu |
Accusative | سُلَحْفَاةً sulaḥfātan |
السُّلَحْفَاةَ as-sulaḥfāta |
سُلَحْفَاةَ sulaḥfāta |
Genitive | سُلَحْفَاةٍ sulaḥfātin |
السُّلَحْفَاةِ as-sulaḥfāti |
سُلَحْفَاةِ sulaḥfāti |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | سُلَحْفَاتَيْن sulaḥfātayn |
السُّلَحْفَاتَيْن as-sulaḥfātayn |
سُلَحْفَاتَيْ sulaḥfātay |
Nominative | سُلَحْفَاتَانِ sulaḥfātāni |
السُّلَحْفَاتَانِ as-sulaḥfātāni |
سُلَحْفَاتَا sulaḥfātā |
Accusative | سُلَحْفَاتَيْنِ sulaḥfātayni |
السُّلَحْفَاتَيْنِ as-sulaḥfātayni |
سُلَحْفَاتَيْ sulaḥfātay |
Genitive | سُلَحْفَاتَيْنِ sulaḥfātayni |
السُّلَحْفَاتَيْنِ as-sulaḥfātayni |
سُلَحْفَاتَيْ sulaḥfātay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَلَاحِف salāḥif |
السَّلَاحِف as-salāḥif |
سَلَاحِف salāḥif |
Nominative | سَلَاحِفُ salāḥifu |
السَّلَاحِفُ as-salāḥifu |
سَلَاحِفُ salāḥifu |
Accusative | سَلَاحِفَ salāḥifa |
السَّلَاحِفَ as-salāḥifa |
سَلَاحِفَ salāḥifa |
Genitive | سَلَاحِفَ salāḥifa |
السَّلَاحِفِ as-salāḥifi |
سَلَاحِفِ salāḥifi |
References
سلحفاة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سلحفاة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 586
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- Arabic terms derived from Aramaic
- Arabic terms derived from Akkadian
- Arabic 3-syllable words
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- Arabic lemmas
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- Arabic feminine nouns
- Arabic ellipses
- Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -āh
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
- Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural
- ar:Turtles