كرح

Arabic

Alternative forms

• كِرْخ (kirḵ)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܚܐ (kurḥā, “monk’s cell”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒆠𒅕𒄷 (kirḫu, “acropolis, inner sanctum; an enclosed part of a temple sanctuary with restricted access outside of the priestly class”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kirħ/

Noun

كِرْح • (kirḥ) m (plural أَكْرَاح (ʔakrāḥ))

1. monk’s cell

   Synonyms: صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa), قَلَّايَة (qallāya)

Declension

Declension of noun كِرْح (kirḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِرْح kirḥ	الْكِرْح al-kirḥ	كِرْح kirḥ
Nominative	كِرْحٌ kirḥun	الْكِرْحُ al-kirḥu	كِرْحُ kirḥu
Accusative	كِرْحًا kirḥan	الْكِرْحَ al-kirḥa	كِرْحَ kirḥa
Genitive	كِرْحٍ kirḥin	الْكِرْحِ al-kirḥi	كِرْحِ kirḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِرْحَيْن kirḥayn	الْكِرْحَيْن al-kirḥayn	كِرْحَيْ kirḥay
Nominative	كِرْحَانِ kirḥāni	الْكِرْحَانِ al-kirḥāni	كِرْحَا kirḥā
Accusative	كِرْحَيْنِ kirḥayni	الْكِرْحَيْنِ al-kirḥayni	كِرْحَيْ kirḥay
Genitive	كِرْحَيْنِ kirḥayni	الْكِرْحَيْنِ al-kirḥayni	كِرْحَيْ kirḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكْرَاح ʔakrāḥ	الْأَكْرَاح al-ʔakrāḥ	أَكْرَاح ʔakrāḥ
Nominative	أَكْرَاحٌ ʔakrāḥun	الْأَكْرَاحُ al-ʔakrāḥu	أَكْرَاحُ ʔakrāḥu
Accusative	أَكْرَاحًا ʔakrāḥan	الْأَكْرَاحَ al-ʔakrāḥa	أَكْرَاحَ ʔakrāḥa
Genitive	أَكْرَاحٍ ʔakrāḥin	الْأَكْرَاحِ al-ʔakrāḥi	أَكْرَاحِ ʔakrāḥi

References

• “krḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 29–30
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كرح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 23
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كرح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 960
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كرح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1094