From Yemeni Arabic and Egyptian Arabic of Cairo – in Alexandria and Libya one has دَزِّينَة (dazzīna, “dozen”), in the Gulf, Mekka and Aden دَرْزَن (darzan) –, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish دسته (deste), from Persian دسته (dasta). Doublet of دَسْتَج (dastaj).
دَسْتَة • (dasta) f (plural دَسْتَات (dastāt) or دِسَت (disat))
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَسْتَة dasta |
الدَّسْتَة ad-dasta |
دَسْتَة dastat |
| Nominative | دَسْتَةٌ dastatun |
الدَّسْتَةُ ad-dastatu |
دَسْتَةُ dastatu |
| Accusative | دَسْتَةً dastatan |
الدَّسْتَةَ ad-dastata |
دَسْتَةَ dastata |
| Genitive | دَسْتَةٍ dastatin |
الدَّسْتَةِ ad-dastati |
دَسْتَةِ dastati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دَسْتَتَيْن dastatayn |
الدَّسْتَتَيْن ad-dastatayn |
دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay |
| Nominative | دَسْتَتَانِ dastatāni |
الدَّسْتَتَانِ ad-dastatāni |
دَسْتَتَا dastatā |
| Accusative | دَسْتَتَيْنِ dastatayni |
الدَّسْتَتَيْنِ ad-dastatayni |
دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay |
| Genitive | دَسْتَتَيْنِ dastatayni |
الدَّسْتَتَيْنِ ad-dastatayni |
دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَسْتَات; دِسَت dastāt; disat |
الدَّسْتَات; الدِّسَت ad-dastāt; ad-disat |
دَسْتَات; دِسَت dastāt; disat |
| Nominative | دَسْتَاتٌ; دِسَتٌ dastātun; disatun |
الدَّسْتَاتُ; الدِّسَتُ ad-dastātu; ad-disatu |
دَسْتَاتُ; دِسَتُ dastātu; disatu |
| Accusative | دَسْتَاتٍ; دِسَتًا dastātin; disatan |
الدَّسْتَاتِ; الدِّسَتَ ad-dastāti; ad-disata |
دَسْتَاتِ; دِسَتَ dastāti; disata |
| Genitive | دَسْتَاتٍ; دِسَتٍ dastātin; disatin |
الدَّسْتَاتِ; الدِّسَتِ ad-dastāti; ad-disati |
دَسْتَاتِ; دِسَتِ dastāti; disati |