عريش

Arabic

عَرِيش

Etymology

Of the root ع ر ش (ʕ-r-š), of which verb form I عَرَشَ (ʕaraša, “to pull up a railing”). Possibly originally Old South Arabian, attested as Sabaean 𐩲𐩧𐩺𐩦 (ʿrys², “shed, shack”) in the first century CE and once in the Ge'ez Bible as ዐሪሥ (ʿäriś) translating σκηνή (skēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.riːʃ/

Noun

عَرِيش • (ʕarīš) m (plural عُرُش (ʕuruš) or عَرَائِش (ʕarāʔiš))

1. bower, arbor

   Synonyms: سَقِيفَة (saqīfa), تَكْعِيبَة (takʕība)

2. railing, guardrail, espalier, trellis

   Synonyms: دَالِيَة (dāliya), تَكْعِيبَة (takʕība)

3. pole, tow bar, beam

Declension

Declension of noun عَرِيش (ʕarīš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرِيش ʕarīš	الْعَرِيش al-ʕarīš	عَرِيش ʕarīš
Nominative	عَرِيشٌ ʕarīšun	الْعَرِيشُ al-ʕarīšu	عَرِيشُ ʕarīšu
Accusative	عَرِيشًا ʕarīšan	الْعَرِيشَ al-ʕarīša	عَرِيشَ ʕarīša
Genitive	عَرِيشٍ ʕarīšin	الْعَرِيشِ al-ʕarīši	عَرِيشِ ʕarīši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرِيشَيْن ʕarīšayn	الْعَرِيشَيْن al-ʕarīšayn	عَرِيشَيْ ʕarīšay
Nominative	عَرِيشَانِ ʕarīšāni	الْعَرِيشَانِ al-ʕarīšāni	عَرِيشَا ʕarīšā
Accusative	عَرِيشَيْنِ ʕarīšayni	الْعَرِيشَيْنِ al-ʕarīšayni	عَرِيشَيْ ʕarīšay
Genitive	عَرِيشَيْنِ ʕarīšayni	الْعَرِيشَيْنِ al-ʕarīšayni	عَرِيشَيْ ʕarīšay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُرُش‎; عَرَائِش ʕuruš‎; ʕarāʔiš	الْعُرُش‎; الْعَرَائِش al-ʕuruš‎; al-ʕarāʔiš	عُرُش‎; عَرَائِش ʕuruš‎; ʕarāʔiš
Nominative	عُرُشٌ‎; عَرَائِشُ ʕurušun‎; ʕarāʔišu	الْعُرُشُ‎; الْعَرَائِشُ al-ʕurušu‎; al-ʕarāʔišu	عُرُشُ‎; عَرَائِشُ ʕurušu‎; ʕarāʔišu
Accusative	عُرُشًا‎; عَرَائِشَ ʕurušan‎; ʕarāʔiša	الْعُرُشَ‎; الْعَرَائِشَ al-ʕuruša‎; al-ʕarāʔiša	عُرُشَ‎; عَرَائِشَ ʕuruša‎; ʕarāʔiša
Genitive	عُرُشٍ‎; عَرَائِشَ ʕurušin‎; ʕarāʔiša	الْعُرُشِ‎; الْعَرَائِشِ al-ʕuruši‎; al-ʕarāʔiši	عُرُشِ‎; عَرَائِشِ ʕuruši‎; ʕarāʔiši

Descendants

• Maltese: għarix
• → Middle Armenian: արիշ (ariš)
  • Armenian: արիշ (ariš)
• → Crimean Tatar: arış
  • → Armenian: արիշ (ariš)
• → Persian: عریش ('arîš)
• → Spanish: alarije
• → Tatar: arış

References

• Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume II, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 335
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عريش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “عريش”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 215
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[4] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 51–52
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عريش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 827
• Weninger, Stefan (2009) “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima‎^[6] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, pages 405–406 Nr. 15