ثغرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث غ ر (ṯ-ḡ-r). Doublet of تُرْعَة (turʕa) from Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θuɣ.ra/

Noun

ثُغْرَة • (ṯuḡra) f (plural ثُغَر (ṯuḡar) or ثُغَرَات (ṯuḡarāt))

1. gap, loophole, pit, wedge

Declension

Declension of noun ثُغْرَة (ṯuḡra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُغْرَة ṯuḡra	الثُّغْرَة aṯ-ṯuḡra	ثُغْرَة ṯuḡrat
Nominative	ثُغْرَةٌ ṯuḡratun	الثُّغْرَةُ aṯ-ṯuḡratu	ثُغْرَةُ ṯuḡratu
Accusative	ثُغْرَةً ṯuḡratan	الثُّغْرَةَ aṯ-ṯuḡrata	ثُغْرَةَ ṯuḡrata
Genitive	ثُغْرَةٍ ṯuḡratin	الثُّغْرَةِ aṯ-ṯuḡrati	ثُغْرَةِ ṯuḡrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُغْرَتَيْن ṯuḡratayn	الثُّغْرَتَيْن aṯ-ṯuḡratayn	ثُغْرَتَيْ ṯuḡratay
Nominative	ثُغْرَتَانِ ṯuḡratāni	الثُّغْرَتَانِ aṯ-ṯuḡratāni	ثُغْرَتَا ṯuḡratā
Accusative	ثُغْرَتَيْنِ ṯuḡratayni	الثُّغْرَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯuḡratayni	ثُغْرَتَيْ ṯuḡratay
Genitive	ثُغْرَتَيْنِ ṯuḡratayni	الثُّغْرَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯuḡratayni	ثُغْرَتَيْ ṯuḡratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُغَر‎; ثُغَرَات ṯuḡar‎; ṯuḡarāt	الثُّغَر‎; الثُّغَرَات aṯ-ṯuḡar‎; aṯ-ṯuḡarāt	ثُغَر‎; ثُغَرَات ṯuḡar‎; ṯuḡarāt
Nominative	ثُغَرٌ‎; ثُغَرَاتٌ ṯuḡarun‎; ṯuḡarātun	الثُّغَرُ‎; الثُّغَرَاتُ aṯ-ṯuḡaru‎; aṯ-ṯuḡarātu	ثُغَرُ‎; ثُغَرَاتُ ṯuḡaru‎; ṯuḡarātu
Accusative	ثُغَرًا‎; ثُغَرَاتٍ ṯuḡaran‎; ṯuḡarātin	الثُّغَرَ‎; الثُّغَرَاتِ aṯ-ṯuḡara‎; aṯ-ṯuḡarāti	ثُغَرَ‎; ثُغَرَاتِ ṯuḡara‎; ṯuḡarāti
Genitive	ثُغَرٍ‎; ثُغَرَاتٍ ṯuḡarin‎; ṯuḡarātin	الثُّغَرِ‎; الثُّغَرَاتِ aṯ-ṯuḡari‎; aṯ-ṯuḡarāti	ثُغَرِ‎; ثُغَرَاتِ ṯuḡari‎; ṯuḡarāti

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ثغرة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 159
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ثغرة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 219
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثغرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 339
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثغرة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 153