إسفين
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”), probably also through Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܢܐ (ʾespēnā), ܣܦܝܢܐ (sp̄īnā, “wedge”). However in the sense sphene, titanite its alternative form has, it is from French sphène from the same Greek word, for mineralogist René Just Haüy has coined this name in 1801 (Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114).
Noun
إِسْفِين • (ʔisfīn) m (plural أَسَافِين (ʔasāfīn))
- wedge (in many senses, including in wedge-writing and as a simple machine)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِسْفِين ʔisfīn |
الْإِسْفِين al-ʔisfīn |
إِسْفِين ʔisfīn |
| nominative | إِسْفِينٌ ʔisfīnun |
الْإِسْفِينُ al-ʔisfīnu |
إِسْفِينُ ʔisfīnu |
| accusative | إِسْفِينًا ʔisfīnan |
الْإِسْفِينَ al-ʔisfīna |
إِسْفِينَ ʔisfīna |
| genitive | إِسْفِينٍ ʔisfīnin |
الْإِسْفِينِ al-ʔisfīni |
إِسْفِينِ ʔisfīni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِسْفِينَيْن ʔisfīnayn |
الْإِسْفِينَيْن al-ʔisfīnayn |
إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay |
| nominative | إِسْفِينَانِ ʔisfīnāni |
الْإِسْفِينَانِ al-ʔisfīnāni |
إِسْفِينَا ʔisfīnā |
| accusative | إِسْفِينَيْنِ ʔisfīnayni |
الْإِسْفِينَيْنِ al-ʔisfīnayni |
إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay |
| genitive | إِسْفِينَيْنِ ʔisfīnayni |
الْإِسْفِينَيْنِ al-ʔisfīnayni |
إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَسَافِين ʔasāfīn |
الْأَسَافِين al-ʔasāfīn |
أَسَافِين ʔasāfīn |
| nominative | أَسَافِينُ ʔasāfīnu |
الْأَسَافِينُ al-ʔasāfīnu |
أَسَافِينُ ʔasāfīnu |
| accusative | أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna |
الْأَسَافِينَ al-ʔasāfīna |
أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna |
| genitive | أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna |
الْأَسَافِينِ al-ʔasāfīni |
أَسَافِينِ ʔasāfīni |
Derived terms
- إِسْفِينِيّ (ʔisfīniyy)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سفين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 659
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إسفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 576