أسطول

Arabic

Etymology

An old borrowing of Ancient Greek στόλος (stólos).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔus.tˤuːl/

Noun

أُسْطُول • (ʾusṭūl) m (plural أَسَاطِيلُ‎ (ʾasāṭīlu))

fleet; squadron

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْطُول (ʾusṭūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُول ʾusṭūl	الْأُسْطُول‎ al-ʾusṭūl	أُسْطُول ʾusṭūl
Nominative	أُسْطُولٌ ʾusṭūlun	الْأُسْطُولُ‎ al-ʾusṭūlu	أُسْطُولُ ʾusṭūlu
Accusative	أُسْطُولًا‎ ʾusṭūlan	الْأُسْطُولَ‎ al-ʾusṭūla	أُسْطُولَ ʾusṭūla
Genitive	أُسْطُولٍ ʾusṭūlin	الْأُسْطُولِ‎ al-ʾusṭūli	أُسْطُولِ ʾusṭūli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُولَيْن‎ ʾusṭūlayn	الْأُسْطُولَيْن‎ al-ʾusṭūlayn	أُسْطُولَيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Nominative	أُسْطُولَانِ‎ ʾusṭūlāni	الْأُسْطُولَانِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlāni	أُسْطُولَا‎ ʾusṭūlā
Accusative	أُسْطُولَيْنِ‎ ʾusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlayni	أُسْطُولَيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Genitive	أُسْطُولَيْنِ‎ ʾusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlayni	أُسْطُولَيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاطِيل‎ ʾasāṭīl	الْأَسَاطِيل‎ al-ʾasāṭīl	أَسَاطِيل‎ ʾasāṭīl
Nominative	أَسَاطِيلُ‎ ʾasāṭīlu	الْأَسَاطِيلُ‎ al-ʾasāṭīlu	أَسَاطِيلُ‎ ʾasāṭīlu
Accusative	أَسَاطِيلَ‎ ʾasāṭīla	الْأَسَاطِيلَ‎ al-ʾasāṭīla	أَسَاطِيلَ‎ ʾasāṭīla
Genitive	أَسَاطِيلَ‎ ʾasāṭīla	الْأَسَاطِيلِ‎ al-ʾasāṭīli	أَسَاطِيلِ‎ ʾasāṭīli

References

Shelomo Dov Goitein, A Mediterranean Society: volume I (1967): "usṭūl [...] is derived from Greek stolos, 'fleet,' but designated in the Arabic of that period [the 1000s] a heavy warship"; and Studies in Islamic History and Institutions (1968): "the word usṭūl, which is, of course, the Greek stolos ('fleet'), but designates in the Arabic of that period one heavy warship".
Manwel Mifsud, Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study (1995): ""Ar[abic] has borrowed about 700 words from Greek [...]. Some (like [...] /ʾusṭūl/ 'fleet' < Gr στόλος) are of very old origin."

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[1] Shelomo Dov Goitein, A Mediterranean Society: volume I (1967): "usṭūl [...] is derived from Greek stolos, 'fleet,' but designated in the Arabic of that period [the 1000s] a heavy warship"; and Studies in Islamic History and Institutions (1968): "the word usṭūl, which is, of course, the Greek stolos ('fleet'), but designates in the Arabic of that period one heavy warship".

[2] Manwel Mifsud, Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study (1995): ""Ar[abic] has borrowed about 700 words from Greek [...]. Some (like [...] /ʾusṭūl/ 'fleet' < Gr στόλος) are of very old origin."