Literally “ear of the mouse”, calque of Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “mouse-ear”), probably via its calque Classical Syriac ܐܹܕܢܲܝ ܥܘ݂ܩܒܪ̈ܐ pl (ʾeḏnay ʿuqbǝrē, literally “mouse-ear”) which is also transmitted corruptly as an alleged **عَنْقَر (**ʕanqar), which should be corrected to عُقْبَر (ʕuqbar); pursuant to which this Arabic is also often posited in the plural.
أُذْن الفَأْر • (ʔuḏn al-faʔr) f (plural آذَان الْفَأْر (ʔāḏān al-faʔr))
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Informal | — | أُذْن الْفَأْر ʔuḏn al-faʔr |
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Nominative | — | أُذْنُ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnu l-faʔri |
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Accusative | — | أُذْنَ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏna l-faʔri |
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Genitive | — | أُذْنِ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏni l-faʔri |
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Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْر ʔuḏnay al-faʔr |
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Nominative | — | أُذْنَا الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnā l-faʔri |
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Accusative | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri |
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Genitive | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri |
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Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | آذَان الْفَأْر ʔāḏān al-faʔr |
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Nominative | — | آذَانُ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏānu l-faʔri |
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Accusative | — | آذَانَ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāna l-faʔri |
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Genitive | — | آذَانِ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāni l-faʔri |
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