أفعى
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔapʕaw- (“viper, a kind of serpent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaf.ʕan/
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Noun
أَفْعًى • (ʔafʕan) f (construct state أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā), dual أَفْعَيَانِ (ʔafʕayāni), plural أَفَاعٍ (ʔafāʕin), plural construct state أَفَاعِي (ʔafāʕī), masculine أُفْعُوَان (ʔufʕuwān))
Declension
Declension of noun أَفْعًى (ʔafʕan)
| Singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَفْعَى ʔafʕā |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā |
أَفْعَى ʔafʕā |
| Nominative | أَفْعًى ʔafʕan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā |
أَفْعَى ʔafʕā |
| Accusative | أَفْعًى ʔafʕan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā |
أَفْعَى ʔafʕā |
| Genitive | أَفْعًى ʔafʕan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā |
أَفْعَى ʔafʕā |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أَفْعَيَيْن ʔafʕayayn |
الْأَفْعَيَيْن al-ʔafʕayayn |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay |
| Nominative | أَفْعَيَانِ ʔafʕayāni |
الْأَفْعَيَانِ al-ʔafʕayāni |
أَفْعَيَا ʔafʕayā |
| Accusative | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay |
| Genitive | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay |
| Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī |
أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī |
| Nominative | أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī |
أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī |
| Accusative | أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya |
الْأَفَاعِيَ al-ʔafāʕiya |
أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya |
| Genitive | أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī |
أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī |
Descendants
- Maltese: lifgħa
- Moroccan Arabic: فعى (fʕa), لفعة (lafʕa)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أفعى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2421c
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أفعى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 845a
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أفعى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 63
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