أفعى

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔapʕaw- (“viper, a kind of serpent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ʕan/

Noun

أَفْعًى • (ʔafʕan) f (construct state أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā), dual أَفْعَيَانِ (ʔafʕayāni), plural أَفَاعٍ (ʔafāʕin), plural construct state أَفَاعِي (ʔafāʕī), masculine أُفْعُوَان (ʔufʕuwān))

(zoology) viper
(proscribed) snake, serpent

Declension

Declension of noun **أَفْعًى** (ʔafʕan)
singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
nominative	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
accusative	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
genitive	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَفْعَيَيْن ʔafʕayayn	الْأَفْعَيَيْن al-ʔafʕayayn	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
nominative	أَفْعَيَانِ ʔafʕayāni	الْأَفْعَيَانِ al-ʔafʕayāni	أَفْعَيَا ʔafʕayā
accusative	أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni	الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
genitive	أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni	الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī
nominative	أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī
accusative	أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya	الْأَفَاعِيَ al-ʔafāʕiya	أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya
genitive	أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī

Descendants

Maltese: lifgħa
Moroccan Arabic: فعى (fʕa), لفعة (lafʕa)
→ Persian: افعی
→ Ottoman Turkish: افعی (ef’î)
→ Urdu: افعی

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “أفعى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2421c.
Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفعى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 845a
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أفعى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 63