عصفور
Arabic
عُصْفُور
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣapir- (“small bird”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *c̣ipar- (“small bird; guinea fowl”); variant form of صَافِر (ṣāfir, “small bird”), the /ع/ perhaps derives from a conflation with another closely related root Proto-Semitic *ʿiṣṣūr- (“bird”). Compare Hebrew ציפור.
Declension
Declension of noun عُصْفُور (ʿuṣfūr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُصْفُور ʿuṣfūr |
الْعُصْفُور al-ʿuṣfūr |
عُصْفُور ʿuṣfūr |
| Nominative | عُصْفُورٌ ʿuṣfūrun |
الْعُصْفُورُ al-ʿuṣfūru |
عُصْفُورُ ʿuṣfūru |
| Accusative | عُصْفُورًا ʿuṣfūran |
الْعُصْفُورَ al-ʿuṣfūra |
عُصْفُورَ ʿuṣfūra |
| Genitive | عُصْفُورٍ ʿuṣfūrin |
الْعُصْفُورِ al-ʿuṣfūri |
عُصْفُورِ ʿuṣfūri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُصْفُورَيْن ʿuṣfūrayn |
الْعُصْفُورَيْن al-ʿuṣfūrayn |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʿuṣfūray |
| Nominative | عُصْفُورَانِ ʿuṣfūrāni |
الْعُصْفُورَانِ al-ʿuṣfūrāni |
عُصْفُورَا ʿuṣfūrā |
| Accusative | عُصْفُورَيْنِ ʿuṣfūrayni |
الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ al-ʿuṣfūrayni |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʿuṣfūray |
| Genitive | عُصْفُورَيْنِ ʿuṣfūrayni |
الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ al-ʿuṣfūrayni |
عُصْفُورَيْ ʿuṣfūray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَصَافِير ʿaṣāfīr |
الْعَصَافِير al-ʿaṣāfīr |
عَصَافِير ʿaṣāfīr |
| Nominative | عَصَافِيرُ ʿaṣāfīru |
الْعَصَافِيرُ al-ʿaṣāfīru |
عَصَافِيرُ ʿaṣāfīru |
| Accusative | عَصَافِيرَ ʿaṣāfīra |
الْعَصَافِيرَ al-ʿaṣāfīra |
عَصَافِيرَ ʿaṣāfīra |
| Genitive | عَصَافِيرَ ʿaṣāfīra |
الْعَصَافِيرِ al-ʿaṣāfīri |
عَصَافِيرِ ʿaṣāfīri |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “عصفور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2064
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عصفور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 845
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