يراع
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Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- يَرَع (yaraʕ)
Etymology
[edit]Probably from Aramaic, the same word as or derivative of יַעְרָא / ܝܰܥܪܳܐ (yaʿrā, “rushes, bushes, thicket”), so doublet of وَعْر (waʕr). The sense of a coward may be instead from the root ر و ع (r-w-ʕ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]يَرَاع • (yarāʕ) m (collective, singulative يَرَاعَة f (yarāʕa))
- piece of reed, reed-pipe or reed-pen
- glowworm, larviform gnat
- a. 625, الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā], quoting المسيب بن علس, edited by Geyer, Rudolf, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)[1], volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 62–63:
- وَمَهًا يَرِفُّ كَأَنَّهُ إِذْ ذُقْتَهُ … عَانِيَّةٌ شُجَّتْ بِمَاءِ يَرَاعِ
- wamahan yariffu kaʔannahu ʔiḏ ḏuqtahu … ʕāniyyatun šujjat bi-māʔi yarāʕi
- An essence, which when tried, tastes like wine of ʿānah diluted with sump water [i.e. the water where gnats grow]
- quakebuttock, coward
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun يَرَاع (yarāʕ)
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | يَرَاع yarāʕ |
الْيَرَاع al-yarāʕ |
يَرَاع yarāʕ |
Nominative | يَرَاعٌ yarāʕun |
الْيَرَاعُ al-yarāʕu |
يَرَاعُ yarāʕu |
Accusative | يَرَاعًا yarāʕan |
الْيَرَاعَ al-yarāʕa |
يَرَاعَ yarāʕa |
Genitive | يَرَاعٍ yarāʕin |
الْيَرَاعِ al-yarāʕi |
يَرَاعِ yarāʕi |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | يَرَاعَة yarāʕa |
الْيَرَاعَة al-yarāʕa |
يَرَاعَة yarāʕat |
Nominative | يَرَاعَةٌ yarāʕatun |
الْيَرَاعَةُ al-yarāʕatu |
يَرَاعَةُ yarāʕatu |
Accusative | يَرَاعَةً yarāʕatan |
الْيَرَاعَةَ al-yarāʕata |
يَرَاعَةَ yarāʕata |
Genitive | يَرَاعَةٍ yarāʕatin |
الْيَرَاعَةِ al-yarāʕati |
يَرَاعَةِ yarāʕati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | يَرَاعَتَيْن yarāʕatayn |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْن al-yarāʕatayn |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
Nominative | يَرَاعَتَانِ yarāʕatāni |
الْيَرَاعَتَانِ al-yarāʕatāni |
يَرَاعَتَا yarāʕatā |
Accusative | يَرَاعَتَيْنِ yarāʕatayni |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْنِ al-yarāʕatayni |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
Genitive | يَرَاعَتَيْنِ yarāʕatayni |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْنِ al-yarāʕatayni |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | يَرَاعَات yarāʕāt |
الْيَرَاعَات al-yarāʕāt |
يَرَاعَات yarāʕāt |
Nominative | يَرَاعَاتٌ yarāʕātun |
الْيَرَاعَاتُ al-yarāʕātu |
يَرَاعَاتُ yarāʕātu |
Accusative | يَرَاعَاتٍ yarāʕātin |
الْيَرَاعَاتِ al-yarāʕāti |
يَرَاعَاتِ yarāʕāti |
Genitive | يَرَاعَاتٍ yarāʕātin |
الْيَرَاعَاتِ al-yarāʕāti |
يَرَاعَاتِ yarāʕāti |
References
[edit]- Freytag, Georg (1837) “يراع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 518a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “يراع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1626b
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