شونة

Arabic

Etymology

From Coptic, Sahidic Coptic ⲥⲏⲛⲉ (sēne), ⲥⲉⲛⲉ (sene), ⲥⲉⲛⲏ (senē), Bohairic Coptic ⲥⲏⲓⲛⲓ (sēini), ϣⲉⲩⲛⲉ (šeune, “heap, accumulation; granary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuː.na/

Noun

شُونَة • (šūna) f (plural شُونَات (šūnāt) or شُوَن (šuwan))

1. (Egypt) granary, any room for pitching corn

   Synonyms: عَرَمَة (ʕarama), كُدْس (kuds), فَشْقَار (fašqār)

Declension

Declension of noun شُونَة (šūna)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُونَة šūna	الشُّونَة aš-šūna	شُونَة šūnat
nominative	شُونَةٌ šūnatun	الشُّونَةُ aš-šūnatu	شُونَةُ šūnatu
accusative	شُونَةً šūnatan	الشُّونَةَ aš-šūnata	شُونَةَ šūnata
genitive	شُونَةٍ šūnatin	الشُّونَةِ aš-šūnati	شُونَةِ šūnati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُونَتَيْن šūnatayn	الشُّونَتَيْن aš-šūnatayn	شُونَتَيْ šūnatay
nominative	شُونَتَانِ šūnatāni	الشُّونَتَانِ aš-šūnatāni	شُونَتَا šūnatā
accusative	شُونَتَيْنِ šūnatayni	الشُّونَتَيْنِ aš-šūnatayni	شُونَتَيْ šūnatay
genitive	شُونَتَيْنِ šūnatayni	الشُّونَتَيْنِ aš-šūnatayni	شُونَتَيْ šūnatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُونَات‎; شُوَن šūnāt‎; šuwan	الشُّونَات‎; الشُّوَن aš-šūnāt‎; aš-šuwan	شُونَات‎; شُوَن šūnāt‎; šuwan
nominative	شُونَاتٌ‎; شُوَنٌ šūnātun‎; šuwanun	الشُّونَاتُ‎; الشُّوَنُ aš-šūnātu‎; aš-šuwanu	شُونَاتُ‎; شُوَنُ šūnātu‎; šuwanu
accusative	شُونَاتٍ‎; شُوَنًا šūnātin‎; šuwanan	الشُّونَاتِ‎; الشُّوَنَ aš-šūnāti‎; aš-šuwana	شُونَاتِ‎; شُوَنَ šūnāti‎; šuwana
genitive	شُونَاتٍ‎; شُوَنٍ šūnātin‎; šuwanin	الشُّونَاتِ‎; الشُّوَنِ aš-šūnāti‎; aš-šuwani	شُونَاتِ‎; شُوَنِ šūnāti‎; šuwani

References

• Bishai, Wilson B. (1964), “Coptic Lexical Influence on Egyptian Arabic”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 45b
• Corriente, Federico (2008), “Coptic loanwords of Egyptian Arabic in comparison with the parallel case of Romance loanwords in Andalusi Arabic, with the true Egyptian etymon of Al-Andalus”, in Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, volume 5, →DOI, page 92