نبراس

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא (neḇraštā). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”) with a likely Iranian intermediary explaining the conflation of /l/ and /r/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nib.raːs/

Noun

نِبْرَاس • (nibrās) m (plural نَبَارِيس (nabārīs))

lamp, lantern, luminary
Synonyms: سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), بَابُور (bābūr)
beacon
Synonyms: فَنَار (fanār), مَنَارَة (manāra)

Declension

Declension of noun **نِبْرَاس** (nibrās)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نِبْرَاس nibrās	النِّبْرَاس an-nibrās	نِبْرَاس nibrās
nominative	نِبْرَاسٌ nibrāsun	النِّبْرَاسُ an-nibrāsu	نِبْرَاسُ nibrāsu
accusative	نِبْرَاسًا nibrāsan	النِّبْرَاسَ an-nibrāsa	نِبْرَاسَ nibrāsa
genitive	نِبْرَاسٍ nibrāsin	النِّبْرَاسِ an-nibrāsi	نِبْرَاسِ nibrāsi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نِبْرَاسَيْن nibrāsayn	النِّبْرَاسَيْن an-nibrāsayn	نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay
nominative	نِبْرَاسَانِ nibrāsāni	النِّبْرَاسَانِ an-nibrāsāni	نِبْرَاسَا nibrāsā
accusative	نِبْرَاسَيْنِ nibrāsayni	النِّبْرَاسَيْنِ an-nibrāsayni	نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay
genitive	نِبْرَاسَيْنِ nibrāsayni	النِّبْرَاسَيْنِ an-nibrāsayni	نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَبَارِيس nabārīs	النَّبَارِيس an-nabārīs	نَبَارِيس nabārīs
nominative	نَبَارِيسُ nabārīsu	النَّبَارِيسُ an-nabārīsu	نَبَارِيسُ nabārīsu
accusative	نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa	النَّبَارِيسَ an-nabārīsa	نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa
genitive	نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa	النَّبَارِيسِ an-nabārīsi	نَبَارِيسِ nabārīsi

References

“nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 7
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 95–96
Freytag, Georg (1837) “نبراس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 231
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نبراس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1243