عصفور
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣapir- (“small bird”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *c̣ipar- (“small bird; guinea fowl”); variant form of صَافِر (ṣāfir, “small bird”), the /ع/ perhaps derives from a conflation with another closely related root Proto-Semitic *ʿiṣṣūr- (“bird”). Compare Hebrew ציפור (ṣippōr), Aramaic צִפְּרָא (ṣippərā), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎔𐎗 (ṣpr), and Akkadian 𒄷 (iṣṣūru).
Noun
عُصْفُور • (ʕuṣfūr) m (plural عَصَافِير (ʕaṣāfīr))
- any small bird
- sparrow
Declension
Declension of noun عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عُصْفُور ʕuṣfūr |
الْعُصْفُور al-ʕuṣfūr |
عُصْفُور ʕuṣfūr |
Nominative | عُصْفُورٌ ʕuṣfūrun |
الْعُصْفُورُ al-ʕuṣfūru |
عُصْفُورُ ʕuṣfūru |
Accusative | عُصْفُورًا ʕuṣfūran |
الْعُصْفُورَ al-ʕuṣfūra |
عُصْفُورَ ʕuṣfūra |
Genitive | عُصْفُورٍ ʕuṣfūrin |
الْعُصْفُورِ al-ʕuṣfūri |
عُصْفُورِ ʕuṣfūri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | عُصْفُورَيْن ʕuṣfūrayn |
الْعُصْفُورَيْن al-ʕuṣfūrayn |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʕuṣfūray |
Nominative | عُصْفُورَانِ ʕuṣfūrāni |
الْعُصْفُورَانِ al-ʕuṣfūrāni |
عُصْفُورَا ʕuṣfūrā |
Accusative | عُصْفُورَيْنِ ʕuṣfūrayni |
الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ al-ʕuṣfūrayni |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʕuṣfūray |
Genitive | عُصْفُورَيْنِ ʕuṣfūrayni |
الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ al-ʕuṣfūrayni |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʕuṣfūray |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَصَافِير ʕaṣāfīr |
الْعَصَافِير al-ʕaṣāfīr |
عَصَافِير ʕaṣāfīr |
Nominative | عَصَافِيرُ ʕaṣāfīru |
الْعَصَافِيرُ al-ʕaṣāfīru |
عَصَافِيرُ ʕaṣāfīru |
Accusative | عَصَافِيرَ ʕaṣāfīra |
الْعَصَافِيرَ al-ʕaṣāfīra |
عَصَافِيرَ ʕaṣāfīra |
Genitive | عَصَافِيرَ ʕaṣāfīra |
الْعَصَافِيرِ al-ʕaṣāfīri |
عَصَافِيرِ ʕaṣāfīri |
Descendants
- Maltese: għasfur
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “عصفور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2064
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عصفور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 845
Categories:
- Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Arabic terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
- Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural
- ar:True sparrows