غرارة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root غ ر ر‎ (ḡ-r-r).

Noun

غَرَارَة • (ḡarāra) f

heedlessness, juvenility, crevasse, loose management of reality

Declension

Declension of noun غَرَارَة (ḡarāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرَارَة ḡarāra	الْغَرَارَة‎ al-ḡarāra	غَرَارَة ḡarārat
Nominative	غَرَارَةٌ ḡarāratun	الْغَرَارَةُ‎ al-ḡarāratu	غَرَارَةُ ḡarāratu
Accusative	غَرَارَةً ḡarāratan	الْغَرَارَةَ‎ al-ḡarārata	غَرَارَةَ ḡarārata
Genitive	غَرَارَةٍ ḡarāratin	الْغَرَارَةِ‎ al-ḡarārati	غَرَارَةِ ḡarārati

Etymology 2

غِرَارَة

Unknown, compare the relations of Arabic جِرَاب‎ (jirāb, “pouch”) and Classical Persian ‎ (xarman, xirman, “harvest”), or even Arabic شَلَّاق‎ (šallāq, “beggar’s knapsack”).

Noun

غِرَارَة • (ḡirāra) f (plural غَرَائِر‎ (ḡarāʔir))

sack, bag, especially for grain
holdall, saddle-bag, leather bag
(obsolete) a dry measure for grain
1. (obsolete, Beirut) a dry measure for grain of about 432 litres
2. (obsolete, Damascus) a dry measure for grain of about 265 litres – 12 ‎كَيْل‎ (kayl)‎ – 72 مُدّ‎ (mudd)‎
3. (obsolete, Jerusalem) a dry measure for grain of about 795 litres
4. (obsolete, Gaza) a dry measure for grain of about 398 litres

Declension

Declension of noun غِرَارَة (ḡirāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِرَارَة ḡirāra	الْغِرَارَة‎ al-ḡirāra	غِرَارَة ḡirārat
Nominative	غِرَارَةٌ ḡirāratun	الْغِرَارَةُ‎ al-ḡirāratu	غِرَارَةُ ḡirāratu
Accusative	غِرَارَةً ḡirāratan	الْغِرَارَةَ‎ al-ḡirārata	غِرَارَةَ ḡirārata
Genitive	غِرَارَةٍ ḡirāratin	الْغِرَارَةِ‎ al-ḡirārati	غِرَارَةِ ḡirārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِرَارَتَيْن‎ ḡirāratayn	الْغِرَارَتَيْن‎ al-ḡirāratayn	غِرَارَتَيْ‎ ḡirāratay
Nominative	غِرَارَتَانِ‎ ḡirāratāni	الْغِرَارَتَانِ‎ al-ḡirāratāni	غِرَارَتَا‎ ḡirāratā
Accusative	غِرَارَتَيْنِ‎ ḡirāratayni	الْغِرَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḡirāratayni	غِرَارَتَيْ‎ ḡirāratay
Genitive	غِرَارَتَيْنِ‎ ḡirāratayni	الْغِرَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḡirāratayni	غِرَارَتَيْ‎ ḡirāratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرَائِر‎ ḡarāʔir	الْغَرَائِر‎ al-ḡarāʔir	غَرَائِر‎ ḡarāʔir
Nominative	غَرَائِرُ‎ ḡarāʔiru	الْغَرَائِرُ‎ al-ḡarāʔiru	غَرَائِرُ‎ ḡarāʔiru
Accusative	غَرَائِرَ‎ ḡarāʔira	الْغَرَائِرَ‎ al-ḡarāʔira	غَرَائِرَ‎ ḡarāʔira
Genitive	غَرَائِرَ‎ ḡarāʔira	الْغَرَائِرِ‎ al-ḡarāʔiri	غَرَائِرِ‎ ḡarāʔiri

References

Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 188–189
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 203–204
Lane, Edward William (1863), “غرارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2240

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