عفصية

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaf.sˤij.ja/

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of عَفْص (ʕafṣ, “gall-nut”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya), MSA neologisms.

Noun

عَفْصِيَّة • (ʕafṣiyya) f

  1. arborvitae (Thuja gen. and spp., esp. Thuja occidentalis)
  2. gall wasp (Blastophaga psenes, once Cynips psenes)
Declension
Declension of noun عَفْصِيَّة (ʕafṣiyya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal عَفْصِيَّة
ʕafṣiyya 		الْعَفْصِيَّة
al-ʕafṣiyya 		عَفْصِيَّة
ʕafṣiyyat
nominative عَفْصِيَّةٌ
ʕafṣiyyatun 		الْعَفْصِيَّةُ
al-ʕafṣiyyatu 		عَفْصِيَّةُ
ʕafṣiyyatu
accusative عَفْصِيَّةً
ʕafṣiyyatan 		الْعَفْصِيَّةَ
al-ʕafṣiyyata 		عَفْصِيَّةَ
ʕafṣiyyata
genitive عَفْصِيَّةٍ
ʕafṣiyyatin 		الْعَفْصِيَّةِ
al-ʕafṣiyyati 		عَفْصِيَّةِ
ʕafṣiyyati

Etymology 2

Adjective

عَفْصِيَّة • (ʕafṣiyya) f

  1. feminine singular of عَفْصِيّ (ʕafṣiyy, “tannic”)
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