عرس
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ر س (ʕ r s) |
| 4 terms |
Etymology 1.1
Borrowed from Aramaic עַרְסָא / ܥܲܪܣܵܐ (ʕarsā, “bed, litter, luxurious couch etc.”),[1] originally referring to the ceremonial presentation of a bride to her husband for marriage to be consumed.[2] Doublet of عَرْش (ʕarš, “throne”), regular cognate to the Aramaic since Proto-Semitic s₂ gives Arabic š and Aramaic s. The vocalism of the present word, if not merely being owed to the reduced ă of the ḥaṭaf pataḥ in the absolute state, needs to represent an unattested dialectal Aramaic form, like Old Armenian կուղբ (kułb, “beaver”) is from ܟܲܠܒܵܐ (kalbā, “dog”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕurs/
Noun
عُرْس • (ʕurs) m (plural أَعْرَاس (ʔaʕrās))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عُرْس ʕurs |
الْعُرْس al-ʕurs |
عُرْس ʕurs |
| nominative | عُرْسٌ ʕursun |
الْعُرْسُ al-ʕursu |
عُرْسُ ʕursu |
| accusative | عُرْسًا ʕursan |
الْعُرْسَ al-ʕursa |
عُرْسَ ʕursa |
| genitive | عُرْسٍ ʕursin |
الْعُرْسِ al-ʕursi |
عُرْسِ ʕursi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عُرْسَيْن ʕursayn |
الْعُرْسَيْن al-ʕursayn |
عُرْسَيْ ʕursay |
| nominative | عُرْسَانِ ʕursāni |
الْعُرْسَانِ al-ʕursāni |
عُرْسَا ʕursā |
| accusative | عُرْسَيْنِ ʕursayni |
الْعُرْسَيْنِ al-ʕursayni |
عُرْسَيْ ʕursay |
| genitive | عُرْسَيْنِ ʕursayni |
الْعُرْسَيْنِ al-ʕursayni |
عُرْسَيْ ʕursay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās |
الْأَعْرَاس al-ʔaʕrās |
أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās |
| nominative | أَعْرَاسٌ ʔaʕrāsun |
الْأَعْرَاسُ al-ʔaʕrāsu |
أَعْرَاسُ ʔaʕrāsu |
| accusative | أَعْرَاسًا ʔaʕrāsan |
الْأَعْرَاسَ al-ʔaʕrāsa |
أَعْرَاسَ ʔaʕrāsa |
| genitive | أَعْرَاسٍ ʔaʕrāsin |
الْأَعْرَاسِ al-ʔaʕrāsi |
أَعْرَاسِ ʔaʕrāsi |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: عرس (ʕirs, “wedding”)
- Moroccan Arabic: عرس (ʕurs)
- ⇒ Marathi: उरूस (urūs)
- → Swahili: harusi
Etymology 1.2
Secondarily formed to عَرُوس (ʕarūs) or its plural, itself the passive adjective to the above wedding term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕirs/
Noun
عِرْس • (ʕirs) m or f by sense (plural أَعْرَاس (ʔaʕrās))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عِرْس ʕirs |
الْعِرْس al-ʕirs |
عِرْس ʕirs |
| nominative | عِرْسٌ ʕirsun |
الْعِرْسُ al-ʕirsu |
عِرْسُ ʕirsu |
| accusative | عِرْسًا ʕirsan |
الْعِرْسَ al-ʕirsa |
عِرْسَ ʕirsa |
| genitive | عِرْسٍ ʕirsin |
الْعِرْسِ al-ʕirsi |
عِرْسِ ʕirsi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عِرْسَيْن ʕirsayn |
الْعِرْسَيْن al-ʕirsayn |
عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay |
| nominative | عِرْسَانِ ʕirsāni |
الْعِرْسَانِ al-ʕirsāni |
عِرْسَا ʕirsā |
| accusative | عِرْسَيْنِ ʕirsayni |
الْعِرْسَيْنِ al-ʕirsayni |
عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay |
| genitive | عِرْسَيْنِ ʕirsayni |
الْعِرْسَيْنِ al-ʕirsayni |
عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās |
الْأَعْرَاس al-ʔaʕrās |
أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās |
| nominative | أَعْرَاسٌ ʔaʕrāsun |
الْأَعْرَاسُ al-ʔaʕrāsu |
أَعْرَاسُ ʔaʕrāsu |
| accusative | أَعْرَاسًا ʔaʕrāsan |
الْأَعْرَاسَ al-ʔaʕrāsa |
أَعْرَاسَ ʔaʕrāsa |
| genitive | أَعْرَاسٍ ʔaʕrāsin |
الْأَعْرَاسِ al-ʔaʕrāsi |
أَعْرَاسِ ʔaʕrāsi |
Etymology 1.3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕu.rus/
Noun
عُرُس • (ʕurus) pl
- plural of عَرُوس (ʕarūs)
References
- ^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 855
- ^ Drissner, Gerald (8 June 2025) “Bride or Groom? Unlocking the Meaning of ʻArūs (عَرُوسٌ) in Arabic”, in Arabic for Nerds[1], overgeneralizing grammarian statements against frequency of usage across all epochs
Moroccan Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ر س |
| 3 terms |
Etymology 1.1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕurs/
Noun
عرس • (ʕurs) m (plural عراسات (ʕrāsāt))
Etymology 1.2
From Arabic عَرَّسَ (ʕarrasa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕar.ras/
Verb
عرس • (ʕarras) II (non-past يعرس (yʕarras))
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | عرّست (ʕarrast) | عرّستي (ʕarrasti) | عرّس (ʕarras) | عرّسنا (ʕarrasna) | عرّستوا (ʕarrastu) | عرّسوا (ʕarrsu) | |
| f | عرّست (ʕarrsāt) | |||||||
| non-past | m | نعرّس (nʕarras) | تعرّس (tʕarras) | يعرّس (yʕarras) | نعرّسوا (nʕarrsu) | تعرّسوا (tʕarrsu) | يعرّسوا (yʕarrsu) | |
| f | تعرّسي (tʕarrsi) | تعرّس (tʕarras) | ||||||
| imperative | m | عرّس (ʕarras) | عرّسوا (ʕarrsu) | |||||
| f | عرّسي (ʕarrsi) | |||||||
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic عِرْس (ʕirs, “spouse, consort”).
Noun
عرس • (ʼırs) (plural اعراس (eʼras))
Descendants
- Turkish: ırs
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ırs”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2050
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ırs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 472
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 3243
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1293
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic عُرْس (ʕurs, “wedding, marriage”).
Noun
عرس • (ʼurs)
Descendants
- Turkish: urs
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “urs”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4993
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “urs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[5] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1349
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nuptiæ”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[6], Vienna, column 1162
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[7], Vienna, column 3243
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1293
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ر س |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕurs/, [ˈʕo.r(o)s]
Audio (Jerusalem): (file)
Noun
عرس • (ʕurs) m (plural أعراس (ʔaʕrās) or عراس (ʕrās))