أسطول

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔus.tˤuːl/

Noun

أُسْطُول • (ʔusṭūl) m (plural أَسَاطِيلُ (ʔasāṭīlu))

fleet; squadron

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْطُول (ʔusṭūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُول ʔusṭūl	الْأُسْطُول al-ʔusṭūl	أُسْطُول ʔusṭūl
Nominative	أُسْطُولٌ ʔusṭūlun	الْأُسْطُولُ al-ʔusṭūlu	أُسْطُولُ ʔusṭūlu
Accusative	أُسْطُولًا ʔusṭūlan	الْأُسْطُولَ al-ʔusṭūla	أُسْطُولَ ʔusṭūla
Genitive	أُسْطُولٍ ʔusṭūlin	الْأُسْطُولِ al-ʔusṭūli	أُسْطُولِ ʔusṭūli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُولَيْن ʔusṭūlayn	الْأُسْطُولَيْن al-ʔusṭūlayn	أُسْطُولَيْ ʔusṭūlay
Nominative	أُسْطُولَانِ ʔusṭūlāni	الْأُسْطُولَانِ al-ʔusṭūlāni	أُسْطُولَا ʔusṭūlā
Accusative	أُسْطُولَيْنِ ʔusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ al-ʔusṭūlayni	أُسْطُولَيْ ʔusṭūlay
Genitive	أُسْطُولَيْنِ ʔusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ al-ʔusṭūlayni	أُسْطُولَيْ ʔusṭūlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاطِيل ʔasāṭīl	الْأَسَاطِيل al-ʔasāṭīl	أَسَاطِيل ʔasāṭīl
Nominative	أَسَاطِيلُ ʔasāṭīlu	الْأَسَاطِيلُ al-ʔasāṭīlu	أَسَاطِيلُ ʔasāṭīlu
Accusative	أَسَاطِيلَ ʔasāṭīla	الْأَسَاطِيلَ al-ʔasāṭīla	أَسَاطِيلَ ʔasāṭīla
Genitive	أَسَاطِيلَ ʔasāṭīla	الْأَسَاطِيلِ al-ʔasāṭīli	أَسَاطِيلِ ʔasāṭīli

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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