إسوة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ء س و (ʔ s w) |
| 5 terms |
Alternative forms
- أُسْوَة (ʔuswa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔis.wa/
Noun
إِسْوَة • (ʔiswa) f (plural إِسًى (ʔisan))
- (archaic) remedy, relief; consolation
- (archaic) complement
- a single action of imitation
- simile, model, exemplar, what serves comparison
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِسْوَة ʔiswa |
الْإِسْوَة al-ʔiswa |
إِسْوَة ʔiswat |
| nominative | إِسْوَةٌ ʔiswatun |
الْإِسْوَةُ al-ʔiswatu |
إِسْوَةُ ʔiswatu |
| accusative | إِسْوَةً ʔiswatan |
الْإِسْوَةَ al-ʔiswata |
إِسْوَةَ ʔiswata |
| genitive | إِسْوَةٍ ʔiswatin |
الْإِسْوَةِ al-ʔiswati |
إِسْوَةِ ʔiswati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِسْوَتَيْن ʔiswatayn |
الْإِسْوَتَيْن al-ʔiswatayn |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
| nominative | إِسْوَتَانِ ʔiswatāni |
الْإِسْوَتَانِ al-ʔiswatāni |
إِسْوَتَا ʔiswatā |
| accusative | إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni |
الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
| genitive | إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni |
الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni |
إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay |
| plural | broken plural in ـًى (-an) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِسَى ʔisā |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
| nominative | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
| accusative | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
| genitive | إِسًى ʔisan |
الْإِسَى al-ʔisā |
إِسَى ʔisā |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “إسوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “إسوة”, 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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 34