عصعص
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕusˤ.ʕusˤ/
Noun
عُصْعُص • (ʕuṣʕuṣ) m (plural عَصَاعِص (ʕaṣāʕiṣ))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عُصْعُص ʕuṣʕuṣ |
الْعُصْعُص al-ʕuṣʕuṣ |
عُصْعُص ʕuṣʕuṣ |
| nominative | عُصْعُصٌ ʕuṣʕuṣun |
الْعُصْعُصُ al-ʕuṣʕuṣu |
عُصْعُصُ ʕuṣʕuṣu |
| accusative | عُصْعُصًا ʕuṣʕuṣan |
الْعُصْعُصَ al-ʕuṣʕuṣa |
عُصْعُصَ ʕuṣʕuṣa |
| genitive | عُصْعُصٍ ʕuṣʕuṣin |
الْعُصْعُصِ al-ʕuṣʕuṣi |
عُصْعُصِ ʕuṣʕuṣi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عُصْعُصَيْن ʕuṣʕuṣayn |
الْعُصْعُصَيْن al-ʕuṣʕuṣayn |
عُصْعُصَيْ ʕuṣʕuṣay |
| nominative | عُصْعُصَانِ ʕuṣʕuṣāni |
الْعُصْعُصَانِ al-ʕuṣʕuṣāni |
عُصْعُصَا ʕuṣʕuṣā |
| accusative | عُصْعُصَيْنِ ʕuṣʕuṣayni |
الْعُصْعُصَيْنِ al-ʕuṣʕuṣayni |
عُصْعُصَيْ ʕuṣʕuṣay |
| genitive | عُصْعُصَيْنِ ʕuṣʕuṣayni |
الْعُصْعُصَيْنِ al-ʕuṣʕuṣayni |
عُصْعُصَيْ ʕuṣʕuṣay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عَصَاعِص ʕaṣāʕiṣ |
الْعَصَاعِص al-ʕaṣāʕiṣ |
عَصَاعِص ʕaṣāʕiṣ |
| nominative | عَصَاعِصُ ʕaṣāʕiṣu |
الْعَصَاعِصُ al-ʕaṣāʕiṣu |
عَصَاعِصُ ʕaṣāʕiṣu |
| accusative | عَصَاعِصَ ʕaṣāʕiṣa |
الْعَصَاعِصَ al-ʕaṣāʕiṣa |
عَصَاعِصَ ʕaṣāʕiṣa |
| genitive | عَصَاعِصَ ʕaṣāʕiṣa |
الْعَصَاعِصِ al-ʕaṣāʕiṣi |
عَصَاعِصِ ʕaṣāʕiṣi |
Descendants
- Egyptian Arabic: عصعص (“ʿúṣʿuṣ”)
References
- “عصعص” in Almaany
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُصْعُص (ʕuṣʕuṣ, “coccyx”).
Noun
عصعص • (ʼusʼus)
- coccyx, tailbone, the final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine
- Synonym: قویروق كمیكی (kuyruk kemiği)
Descendants
- Turkish: us’us
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “us’us”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5000
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عصعص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 848
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عصعص”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 3274
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عصعص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1304