أسوة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِسْوَة (ʾiswa)
Etymology
From the root ء س و (ʾ-s-w).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.wa/
Noun
أُسْوَة • (ʾuswa) f (plural أُسًى (ʾusan))
- (archaic) remedy, relief; consolation
- (archaic) complement
- a single action of imitation
- simile, model, exemplar, what serves comparison
Declension
Declension of noun أُسْوَة (ʾuswa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسْوَة ʾuswa |
الْأُسْوَة al-ʾuswa |
أُسْوَة ʾuswat |
| Nominative | أُسْوَةٌ ʾuswatun |
الْأُسْوَةُ al-ʾuswatu |
أُسْوَةُ ʾuswatu |
| Accusative | أُسْوَةً ʾuswatan |
الْأُسْوَةَ al-ʾuswata |
أُسْوَةَ ʾuswata |
| Genitive | أُسْوَةٍ ʾuswatin |
الْأُسْوَةِ al-ʾuswati |
أُسْوَةِ ʾuswati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُسْوَتَيْن ʾuswatayn |
الْأُسْوَتَيْن al-ʾuswatayn |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʾuswatay |
| Nominative | أُسْوَتَانِ ʾuswatāni |
الْأُسْوَتَانِ al-ʾuswatāni |
أُسْوَتَا ʾuswatā |
| Accusative | أُسْوَتَيْنِ ʾuswatayni |
الْأُسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʾuswatayni |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʾuswatay |
| Genitive | أُسْوَتَيْنِ ʾuswatayni |
الْأُسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʾuswatayni |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʾuswatay |
| Plural | broken plural in ـًى (-an) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسَى ʾusā |
الْأُسَى al-ʾusā |
أُسَى ʾusā |
| Nominative | أُسًى ʾusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʾusā |
أُسَى ʾusā |
| Accusative | أُسًى ʾusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʾusā |
أُسَى ʾusā |
| Genitive | أُسًى ʾusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʾusā |
أُسَى ʾusā |
Descendants
- Persian: اسوه (osve)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أسوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “أسوة”, 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 (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 34
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