زلزلة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ز ل ز ل (z l z l) |
| 4 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zal.za.la/
Noun
زَلْزَلَة • (zalzala) f (plural زَلَازِل (zalāzil))
- verbal noun of زَلْزَلَ (zalzala) (form Iq)
- shaking
- Synonym: اِهْتِزَاز (ihtizāz)
- earthquake, seism
- Synonyms: زِلْزَال (zilzāl), هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة (hazza ʔarḍiyya)
- (in the plural) calamities
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَلْزَلَة zalzala |
الزَّلْزَلَة az-zalzala |
زَلْزَلَة zalzalat |
| nominative | زَلْزَلَةٌ zalzalatun |
الزَّلْزَلَةُ az-zalzalatu |
زَلْزَلَةُ zalzalatu |
| accusative | زَلْزَلَةً zalzalatan |
الزَّلْزَلَةَ az-zalzalata |
زَلْزَلَةَ zalzalata |
| genitive | زَلْزَلَةٍ zalzalatin |
الزَّلْزَلَةِ az-zalzalati |
زَلْزَلَةِ zalzalati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | زَلْزَلَتَيْن zalzalatayn |
الزَّلْزَلَتَيْن az-zalzalatayn |
زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay |
| nominative | زَلْزَلَتَانِ zalzalatāni |
الزَّلْزَلَتَانِ az-zalzalatāni |
زَلْزَلَتَا zalzalatā |
| accusative | زَلْزَلَتَيْنِ zalzalatayni |
الزَّلْزَلَتَيْنِ az-zalzalatayni |
زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay |
| genitive | زَلْزَلَتَيْنِ zalzalatayni |
الزَّلْزَلَتَيْنِ az-zalzalatayni |
زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَلَازِل zalāzil |
الزَّلَازِل az-zalāzil |
زَلَازِل zalāzil |
| nominative | زَلَازِلُ zalāzilu |
الزَّلَازِلُ az-zalāzilu |
زَلَازِلُ zalāzilu |
| accusative | زَلَازِلَ zalāzila |
الزَّلَازِلَ az-zalāzila |
زَلَازِلَ zalāzila |
| genitive | زَلَازِلَ zalāzila |
الزَّلَازِلِ az-zalāzili |
زَلَازِلِ zalāzili |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zəlzələ
- → Classical Persian: زَلْزَلَه (zalzala), زِلْزِلَه (zilzila) (see there for further descendants)
- → Ladino: zenzlá, zinzelá (Haketia)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زلزله (zelzele), զէլզէլէ (zelzele), զէրզէլէ (zerzele) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: zelzele
- → Albanian: zerzele
- → Armenian: զէրզէլէ (zērzēlē), զա̈լզա̈լա̈ (zälzälä)
- → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)
- → Swahili: zilizala
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “زلزلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen