كسرة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك س ر (k s r)
8 terms

Instance noun of the verb كَسَر (kasar, “to break”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kas.ra/

Noun

كَسْرَة • (kasra) f (plural كَسَرَات (kasarāt))

(linguistics, grammar) kasra (a vowel in Arabic signifying an /i/ sound)
Hypernym: حَرَكَة (ḥaraka)
instance noun of كَسَرَ (kasara)

Declension

Declension of noun كَسْرَة (kasra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسْرَة kasra	الْكَسْرَة al-kasra	كَسْرَة kasrat
Nominative	كَسْرَةٌ kasratun	الْكَسْرَةُ al-kasratu	كَسْرَةُ kasratu
Accusative	كَسْرَةً kasratan	الْكَسْرَةَ al-kasrata	كَسْرَةَ kasrata
Genitive	كَسْرَةٍ kasratin	الْكَسْرَةِ al-kasrati	كَسْرَةِ kasrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسْرَتَيْن kasratayn	الْكَسْرَتَيْن al-kasratayn	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Nominative	كَسْرَتَانِ kasratāni	الْكَسْرَتَانِ al-kasratāni	كَسْرَتَا kasratā
Accusative	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Genitive	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسَرَات kasarāt	الْكَسَرَات al-kasarāt	كَسَرَات kasarāt
Nominative	كَسَرَاتٌ kasarātun	الْكَسَرَاتُ al-kasarātu	كَسَرَاتُ kasarātu
Accusative	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti
Genitive	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti

Arabic Wikipedia has an article on:

كسرة (خبز جزائري)

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kisra

Wikipedia

Descendants

→ English: kasra
→ French: kasra

Noun

كِسْرَة • (kisra) f (plural كِسَر (kisar) or كِسْرَات (kisrāt))

fragment
أَعْطِنِي وَظِيفَةً مَعَ ٱلْأَحْبَارِ لِآكُلَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ
ʔaʕṭinī waẓīfatan maʕa l-ʔaḥbāri liʔākula kisrata ḵubzin
Give me a job with the priests that I may eat a fragment of bread.
(Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad) a type of flatbread

Declension

Declension of noun كِسْرَة (kisra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِسْرَة kisra	الْكِسْرَة al-kisra	كِسْرَة kisrat
Nominative	كِسْرَةٌ kisratun	الْكِسْرَةُ al-kisratu	كِسْرَةُ kisratu
Accusative	كِسْرَةً kisratan	الْكِسْرَةَ al-kisrata	كِسْرَةَ kisrata
Genitive	كِسْرَةٍ kisratin	الْكِسْرَةِ al-kisrati	كِسْرَةِ kisrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِسْرَتَيْن kisratayn	الْكِسْرَتَيْن al-kisratayn	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
Nominative	كِسْرَتَانِ kisratāni	الْكِسْرَتَانِ al-kisratāni	كِسْرَتَا kisratā
Accusative	كِسْرَتَيْنِ kisratayni	الْكِسْرَتَيْنِ al-kisratayni	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
Genitive	كِسْرَتَيْنِ kisratayni	الْكِسْرَتَيْنِ al-kisratayni	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِسَر‎; كِسْرَات kisar‎; kisrāt	الْكِسَر‎; الْكِسْرَات al-kisar‎; al-kisrāt	كِسَر‎; كِسْرَات kisar‎; kisrāt
Nominative	كِسَرٌ‎; كِسْرَاتٌ kisarun‎; kisrātun	الْكِسَرُ‎; الْكِسْرَاتُ al-kisaru‎; al-kisrātu	كِسَرُ‎; كِسْرَاتُ kisaru‎; kisrātu
Accusative	كِسَرًا‎; كِسْرَاتٍ kisaran‎; kisrātin	الْكِسَرَ‎; الْكِسْرَاتِ al-kisara‎; al-kisrāti	كِسَرَ‎; كِسْرَاتِ kisara‎; kisrāti
Genitive	كِسَرٍ‎; كِسْرَاتٍ kisarin‎; kisrātin	الْكِسَرِ‎; الْكِسْرَاتِ al-kisari‎; al-kisrāti	كِسَرِ‎; كِسْرَاتِ kisari‎; kisrāti

Descendants

→ Nobiin: kisra

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كسرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 885
Wehr, Hans (1979) “كسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 968