ترعة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic תַּרְעָא (tarʿā, “opening, gate”). Doublet of ثُغْرَة (ṯuḡra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tur.ʕa/

Noun

تُرْعَة • (turʕa) f (plural تُرَع (turaʕ) or تُرْعَات (turʕāt))

gate, portal
- 7th century CE, Sunan Ibn Mājah, section 25:
  إِنَّ أُحُدًا جَبَلٌ يُحِبُّنَا وَنُحِبُّهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ الْجَنَّةِ وَعَيْرٌ عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ النَّارِ.
  ʔinna ʔuḥudan jabalun yuḥibbunā wanuḥibbuhu wahuwa ʕalā turʕatin min turaʕi al-jannati waʕayrun ʕalā turʕatin min turaʕi an-nāri.
  ʾuḥud is a mountain which loves us and we love it, and it stands at one of the gates of Paradise. And ʿayr stands at one of the gates of Hell.’”
mouth of a rivulet, of a watering-trough, of a water-tank or of an other source of water
(rare) stair, flight of steps
canal, channel of water

Declension

Declension of noun تُرْعَة (turʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرْعَة turʕa	التُّرْعَة at-turʕa	تُرْعَة turʕat
Nominative	تُرْعَةٌ turʕatun	التُّرْعَةُ at-turʕatu	تُرْعَةُ turʕatu
Accusative	تُرْعَةً turʕatan	التُّرْعَةَ at-turʕata	تُرْعَةَ turʕata
Genitive	تُرْعَةٍ turʕatin	التُّرْعَةِ at-turʕati	تُرْعَةِ turʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرْعَتَيْن turʕatayn	التُّرْعَتَيْن at-turʕatayn	تُرْعَتَيْ turʕatay
Nominative	تُرْعَتَانِ turʕatāni	التُّرْعَتَانِ at-turʕatāni	تُرْعَتَا turʕatā
Accusative	تُرْعَتَيْنِ turʕatayni	التُّرْعَتَيْنِ at-turʕatayni	تُرْعَتَيْ turʕatay
Genitive	تُرْعَتَيْنِ turʕatayni	التُّرْعَتَيْنِ at-turʕatayni	تُرْعَتَيْ turʕatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَع‎; تُرْعَات turaʕ‎; turʕāt	التُّرَع‎; التُّرْعَات at-turaʕ‎; at-turʕāt	تُرَع‎; تُرْعَات turaʕ‎; turʕāt
Nominative	تُرَعٌ‎; تُرْعَاتٌ turaʕun‎; turʕātun	التُّرَعُ‎; التُّرْعَاتُ at-turaʕu‎; at-turʕātu	تُرَعُ‎; تُرْعَاتُ turaʕu‎; turʕātu
Accusative	تُرَعًا‎; تُرْعَاتٍ turaʕan‎; turʕātin	التُّرَعَ‎; التُّرْعَاتِ at-turaʕa‎; at-turʕāti	تُرَعَ‎; تُرْعَاتِ turaʕa‎; turʕāti
Genitive	تُرَعٍ‎; تُرْعَاتٍ turaʕin‎; turʕātin	التُّرَعِ‎; التُّرْعَاتِ at-turaʕi‎; at-turʕāti	تُرَعِ‎; تُرْعَاتِ turaʕi‎; turʕāti

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 15
Freytag, Georg (1830) “ترعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ترعة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 197
Lane, Edward William (1863) “ترعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 303
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ترعة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 171
Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “ترعة”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎ (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 315
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ترعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 139