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Arabic
Etymology
عِلْم (ʕilm) + فَلَك (falak)
Pronunciation
Noun
عِلْم الفَلَك • (ʕilm al-falak) m
- astronomy
مِنْذَ الْقَدِم، دَرَسَ الْإِنْسَان عِلْم الْفَلَك لِمَعْرِفَة حَرَكَة الْكَوَاكِب وَالْنُّجُوم.- minḏa l-qadim, darasa l-ʔinsān ʕilm al-falak limaʕrifa(t) ḥaraka(t) al-kawākib wālnnujūm.
- Since ancient times, humans have studied astronomy to understand the movements of planets and stars.
Declension
Declension of noun عِلْم الْفَلَك (ʕilm al-falak)
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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Informal
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عِلْم الْفَلَك ʕilm al-falak
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Nominative
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عِلْمُ الْفَلَكِ ʕilmu l-falaki
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Accusative
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عِلْمَ الْفَلَكِ ʕilma l-falaki
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Genitive
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عِلْمِ الْفَلَكِ ʕilmi l-falaki
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References
- Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “علم الفلك”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “علم الفلك”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “علم الفلك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “علم الفلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz