كسرة

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun of the verb كَسَر (kasar, “to break”), from the root ك س ر (k-s-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ra/

Noun

كَسْرَة • (kasra) f (plural كَسَرَات (kasarāt))

1. (linguistics, grammar) kasra (a vowel sign in Arabic writing signifying an /i/ sound)
2. fragment

   أعطني وظيفةٍ مع الأحبارِ لِآكُلَ كسرة خبزٍ

   Give me a job with the priests that I may eat a fragment of bread.

Declension

Declension of noun كَسْرَة (kasra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسْرَة kasra	الْكَسْرَة al-kasra	كَسْرَة kasrat
Nominative	كَسْرَةٌ kasratun	الْكَسْرَةُ al-kasratu	كَسْرَةُ kasratu
Accusative	كَسْرَةً kasratan	الْكَسْرَةَ al-kasrata	كَسْرَةَ kasrata
Genitive	كَسْرَةٍ kasratin	الْكَسْرَةِ al-kasrati	كَسْرَةِ kasrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسْرَتَيْن kasratayn	الْكَسْرَتَيْن al-kasratayn	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Nominative	كَسْرَتَانِ kasratāni	الْكَسْرَتَانِ al-kasratāni	كَسْرَتَا kasratā
Accusative	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Genitive	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسَرَات kasarāt	الْكَسَرَات al-kasarāt	كَسَرَات kasarāt
Nominative	كَسَرَاتٌ kasarātun	الْكَسَرَاتُ al-kasarātu	كَسَرَاتُ kasarātu
Accusative	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti
Genitive	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كسرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN