خنفساء
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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic חִפּוּשִׂיתָא / חִיפּוּשִׂיתָא (ḥippūśīṯā), חִיפּוּשְׂתָא / חִפּוּשְׂתָא (ḥippūśtā, “beetle, scarab”) from the verb Proto-Semitic *ḥapaś- (“to search together”) not attested as such in Aramaic.
Pronunciation
Noun
خُنْفُسَاء • (ḵunfusāʔ) f (dual خُنْفُسَاوَانِ (ḵunfusāwāni), plural خَنَافِس (ḵanāfis), masculine خُنْفُس (ḵunfus))
Declension
Declension of noun خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خُنْفُسَاء ḵunfusāʔ |
الْخُنْفُسَاء al-ḵunfusāʔ |
خُنْفُسَاء ḵunfusāʔ |
| Nominative | خُنْفُسَاءُ ḵunfusāʔu |
الْخُنْفُسَاءُ al-ḵunfusāʔu |
خُنْفُسَاءُ ḵunfusāʔu |
| Accusative | خُنْفُسَاءَ ḵunfusāʔa |
الْخُنْفُسَاءَ al-ḵunfusāʔa |
خُنْفُسَاءَ ḵunfusāʔa |
| Genitive | خُنْفُسَاءَ ḵunfusāʔa |
الْخُنْفُسَاءِ al-ḵunfusāʔi |
خُنْفُسَاءِ ḵunfusāʔi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | خُنْفُسَاوَيْن ḵunfusāwayn |
الْخُنْفُسَاوَيْن al-ḵunfusāwayn |
خُنْفُسَاوَيْ ḵunfusāway |
| Nominative | خُنْفُسَاوَانِ ḵunfusāwāni |
الْخُنْفُسَاوَانِ al-ḵunfusāwāni |
خُنْفُسَاوَا ḵunfusāwā |
| Accusative | خُنْفُسَاوَيْنِ ḵunfusāwayni |
الْخُنْفُسَاوَيْنِ al-ḵunfusāwayni |
خُنْفُسَاوَيْ ḵunfusāway |
| Genitive | خُنْفُسَاوَيْنِ ḵunfusāwayni |
الْخُنْفُسَاوَيْنِ al-ḵunfusāwayni |
خُنْفُسَاوَيْ ḵunfusāway |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خَنَافِس ḵanāfis |
الْخَنَافِس al-ḵanāfis |
خَنَافِس ḵanāfis |
| Nominative | خَنَافِسُ ḵanāfisu |
الْخَنَافِسُ al-ḵanāfisu |
خَنَافِسُ ḵanāfisu |
| Accusative | خَنَافِسَ ḵanāfisa |
الْخَنَافِسَ al-ḵanāfisa |
خَنَافِسَ ḵanāfisa |
| Genitive | خَنَافِسَ ḵanāfisa |
الْخَنَافِسِ al-ḵanāfisi |
خَنَافِسِ ḵanāfisi |
Descendants
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خنفساء”, 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 401
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خنفساء”, 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 533
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 66–67
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خنفساء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 367