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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