زبور

Arabic

From the root ز ب ر‎ (z-b-r), meaning "to be well composed, to be well written", "to be engraved or written skillfully", a variant of ذ ب ر‎ (ḏ-b-r), the later being considered to be derived from the Himyaritic Dialect; cognate with Hebrew דיבור‎ and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎗 (dbr).
Less likely a variation of the root ز م ر‎ (z-m-r), meaning "to play a pipe or reed", "use a musical instrument", "to make music or play a melody"; semantically borrowed from Hebrew זָמַר‎ (zamar, “to make music, sing; to praise, to sing psalms”).

زَبُور • (zabūr) m (plural زُبُر‎ (zubur))

Declension of noun زَبُور (zabūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَبُور zabūr	الزَّبُور‎ az-zabūr	زَبُور zabūr
Nominative	زَبُورٌ zabūrun	الزَّبُورُ‎ az-zabūru	زَبُورُ zabūru
Accusative	زَبُورًا‎ zabūran	الزَّبُورَ‎ az-zabūra	زَبُورَ zabūra
Genitive	زَبُورٍ zabūrin	الزَّبُورِ‎ az-zabūri	زَبُورِ zabūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَبُورَيْن‎ zabūrayn	الزَّبُورَيْن‎ az-zabūrayn	زَبُورَيْ‎ zabūray
Nominative	زَبُورَانِ‎ zabūrāni	الزَّبُورَانِ‎ az-zabūrāni	زَبُورَا‎ zabūrā
Accusative	زَبُورَيْنِ‎ zabūrayni	الزَّبُورَيْنِ‎ az-zabūrayni	زَبُورَيْ‎ zabūray
Genitive	زَبُورَيْنِ‎ zabūrayni	الزَّبُورَيْنِ‎ az-zabūrayni	زَبُورَيْ‎ zabūray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُبُر‎ zubur	الزُّبُر‎ az-zubur	زُبُر‎ zubur
Nominative	زُبُرٌ‎ zuburun	الزُّبُرُ‎ az-zuburu	زُبُرُ‎ zuburu
Accusative	زُبُرًا‎ zuburan	الزُّبُرَ‎ az-zubura	زُبُرَ‎ zubura
Genitive	زُبُرٍ‎ zuburin	الزُّبُرِ‎ az-zuburi	زُبُرِ‎ zuburi

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 248–249
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 148–149

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.