ثريا
See also: ثریا
Arabic
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ث ر و (ṯ r w) |
| 2 terms |
Diminutive of ثَرِيّ (ṯariyy, “many, numerous, abundant”) from the root ث ر و (ṯ r w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".
Proper noun
الثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f
- the Pleiades
- a high place in the sky
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Sürəyya
- → Chagatai: ثریا
- Uyghur: سۇرەييا (sureyya)
- Uzbek: Surayyo
- → Ottoman Turkish: ثریا (Süreyyâ)
- Turkish: Süreyya
- → Persian: ثریا (sorayyâ)
- → Swahili: thurea
- → Tajik: Сурайё (Surayyo)
- → Urdu: ثریا (suraiyā)
Etymology 2
From likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.
Alternative forms
- ثُرَيَّة (ṯurayya)
Noun
ثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f (dual ثُرَيَّان (ṯurayyān), plural ثُرَيَّات (ṯurayyāt))
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| nominative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| accusative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| genitive | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | ثُرَيَّيْن ṯurayyayn |
الثُّرَيَّيْن aṯ-ṯurayyayn |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| nominative | ثُرَيَّانِ ṯurayyāni |
الثُّرَيَّانِ aṯ-ṯurayyāni |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| accusative | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni |
الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| genitive | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni |
الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt |
الثُّرَيَّات aṯ-ṯurayyāt |
ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt |
| nominative | ثُرَيَّاتٌ ṯurayyātun |
الثُّرَيَّاتُ aṯ-ṯurayyātu |
ثُرَيَّاتُ ṯurayyātu |
| accusative | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin |
الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti |
ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
| genitive | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin |
الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti |
ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336.
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152