أسس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔas.sa.sa/

Verb

أَسَّسَ • (ʔassasa) II, non-past يُؤَسِّسُ‎ (yuʔassisu)

1. to mark out and lay the foundations of (a building)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:108-109:

     […] لَمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ […] ۝ أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ […]

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2. to found, to establish

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أسس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أسس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

أُسُس • (ʔusus) m pl

1. plural of أَسَاس (ʔasās)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَسَّسَ (ʔassasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔas.sas/,

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Verb

أسّس • (ʔassas) II (present بأسّس (biʔasses))

1. to establish, to found, to set up

Conjugation