كبريت

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See also: كبریت and کبریت

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā) / ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ (kĕḇrīṯā, “sulfur”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

كِبْرِيت • (kibrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)

Declension

Declension of noun كِبْرِيت (kibrīt)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كِبْرِيت
kibrīt 		الْكِبْرِيت
al-kibrīt 		كِبْرِيت
kibrīt
Nominative كِبْرِيتٌ
kibrītun 		الْكِبْرِيتُ
al-kibrītu 		كِبْرِيتُ
kibrītu
Accusative كِبْرِيتًا
kibrītan 		الْكِبْرِيتَ
al-kibrīta 		كِبْرِيتَ
kibrīta
Genitive كِبْرِيتٍ
kibrītin 		الْكِبْرِيتِ
al-kibrīti 		كِبْرِيتِ
kibrīti

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “كبريت” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كبريت”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1083

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Noun

كبريت • (kabrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)

References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kab.riːt/, /kib.riːt/

Noun

كَبْريت or كِبْريت • (kabrīt or kabrīt) m (plural كباريت (kabārīt))

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)
  3. matchbox

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kib.riːt/,
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

كبريت • (kibrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. (uncountable) matches (device to make fire)
    Synonym: (Galilee) شحاطة (šuḥḥāṭa)
    علبة كبريت ― ʕulbet kibrīt ― matchbox
    كبريتة / عودة كبريت ― kibrīte / ʕūdet kibrīt ― a match
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