متراس
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Aramaic תְּרֵיסָא (trēsā, “shield”), from Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós, “door-stone”), hence doublet of تُرْس (turs, “shield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mit.raːs/
Noun
مِتْرَاس • (mitrās) m (plural مَتَارِيس (matārīs))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مِتْرَاس mitrās |
الْمِتْرَاس al-mitrās |
مِتْرَاس mitrās |
| nominative | مِتْرَاسٌ mitrāsun |
الْمِتْرَاسُ al-mitrāsu |
مِتْرَاسُ mitrāsu |
| accusative | مِتْرَاسًا mitrāsan |
الْمِتْرَاسَ al-mitrāsa |
مِتْرَاسَ mitrāsa |
| genitive | مِتْرَاسٍ mitrāsin |
الْمِتْرَاسِ al-mitrāsi |
مِتْرَاسِ mitrāsi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مِتْرَاسَيْن mitrāsayn |
الْمِتْرَاسَيْن al-mitrāsayn |
مِتْرَاسَيْ mitrāsay |
| nominative | مِتْرَاسَانِ mitrāsāni |
الْمِتْرَاسَانِ al-mitrāsāni |
مِتْرَاسَا mitrāsā |
| accusative | مِتْرَاسَيْنِ mitrāsayni |
الْمِتْرَاسَيْنِ al-mitrāsayni |
مِتْرَاسَيْ mitrāsay |
| genitive | مِتْرَاسَيْنِ mitrāsayni |
الْمِتْرَاسَيْنِ al-mitrāsayni |
مِتْرَاسَيْ mitrāsay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَتَارِيس matārīs |
الْمَتَارِيس al-matārīs |
مَتَارِيس matārīs |
| nominative | مَتَارِيسُ matārīsu |
الْمَتَارِيسُ al-matārīsu |
مَتَارِيسُ matārīsu |
| accusative | مَتَارِيسَ matārīsa |
الْمَتَارِيسَ al-matārīsa |
مَتَارِيسَ matārīsa |
| genitive | مَتَارِيسَ matārīsa |
الْمَتَارِيسِ al-matārīsi |
مَتَارِيسِ matārīsi |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “متراس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “متراس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 303.
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “متراس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 138