عصا

See also: عصى‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʕiṣ́-. Cognate with Hebrew עֵץ‎ (ʿēṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤan/
  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤaː/

Noun

عَصًا • (ʕaṣan) f (construct state عَصَا (ʕaṣā), dual عَصَوَانِ‎ (ʕaṣawāni), plural عُصِيّ‎ (ʕuṣiyy) or عِصِيّ‎ (ʕiṣiyy) or أَعْصٍ‎ (ʔaʕṣin) or أَعْصَاء‎ (ʔaʕṣāʔ))

  1. staff, stick
  2. punishment, chastisement
  3. wooden handle
  4. scepter
  5. crosier
  6. dominion
  7. penis
  8. lingual bone, tongue
  9. Muslim fraternity or a community in general
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għasa
  • Moroccan Arabic: عصا‎ (ʕṣā)
  • ⇒ Gulf Arabic: عصاية‎ (ʕaṣāya)
  • ⇒ Hijazi Arabic: عصاية‎ (ʕaṣāya)
  • → Armenian: ասա (asa)

Etymology 2

From the root ع ص و‎ (ʕ-ṣ-w).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَصَا • (ʕaṣā) I, non-past يَعْصُو‎‎ (yaʕṣū)

  1. to beat or strike with a stick, sword, or staff; to use, handle, wield, equip any of the above.
  2. to dress wound, to use a splint on a wound
  3. to unite people for a purpose, to shepherd people together
Conjugation

References

Kohistani Shina

Noun

عصا (esā)

  1. cane
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