يرقة

Arabic

Etymology

An adaptation of يَرَقَان (yaraqān), general name for plant diseases also meaning larvae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.ra.qa/
  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ja.ra.ʔa/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): /ja.ra.ɡa/, IPA^(key): /ja.ra.qa/

Noun

يَرَقَة • (yaraqa) f (plural يَرَقَات (yaraqāt))

1. larva (of insects)

Declension

Declension of noun يَرَقَة (yaraqa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَرَقَة yaraqa	الْيَرَقَة al-yaraqa	يَرَقَة yaraqat
nominative	يَرَقَةٌ yaraqatun	الْيَرَقَةُ al-yaraqatu	يَرَقَةُ yaraqatu
accusative	يَرَقَةً yaraqatan	الْيَرَقَةَ al-yaraqata	يَرَقَةَ yaraqata
genitive	يَرَقَةٍ yaraqatin	الْيَرَقَةِ al-yaraqati	يَرَقَةِ yaraqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَرَقَتَيْن yaraqatayn	الْيَرَقَتَيْن al-yaraqatayn	يَرَقَتَيْ yaraqatay
nominative	يَرَقَتَانِ yaraqatāni	الْيَرَقَتَانِ al-yaraqatāni	يَرَقَتَا yaraqatā
accusative	يَرَقَتَيْنِ yaraqatayni	الْيَرَقَتَيْنِ al-yaraqatayni	يَرَقَتَيْ yaraqatay
genitive	يَرَقَتَيْنِ yaraqatayni	الْيَرَقَتَيْنِ al-yaraqatayni	يَرَقَتَيْ yaraqatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَرَقَات yaraqāt	الْيَرَقَات al-yaraqāt	يَرَقَات yaraqāt
nominative	يَرَقَاتٌ yaraqātun	الْيَرَقَاتُ al-yaraqātu	يَرَقَاتُ yaraqātu
accusative	يَرَقَاتٍ yaraqātin	الْيَرَقَاتِ al-yaraqāti	يَرَقَاتِ yaraqāti
genitive	يَرَقَاتٍ yaraqātin	الْيَرَقَاتِ al-yaraqāti	يَرَقَاتِ yaraqāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “يرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

يَرَقَة

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic يَرَقَة (yaraqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ra.ɡa/, [ˈja.ra.qa]

Noun

يَرَقة • (yaraga) f (plural يَرَقات (yaragāt))

1. caterpillar
2. larva

See also

• شَرْنَقَة (šarnaga, “pupa, chrysalis”) (third stage)
• فَرَاشة (farāša, “butterfly”) (fourth stage)