كرسة

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Reanalysis of كرسي (kirsi) in some dialects that have merged the pronunciations of final ـي (-i) and ـِة (-e).

Noun

كرسة • (kirse) f (dual كرستين (kirstēn), plural كراسي (karāsi))

  1. alternative form of كرسي (kirsi, “chair”)
    حطّلّي كرستي إقعد ― ḥiṭṭilli kirsti ʔiʔʕod ― Put my chair out for me so I can sit

Usage notes

Ends with ة (feminine ending) morphologically. Notice كرستين (kirstēn, “two chairs”) and كرستي (kirsti, “my chair”).

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