عشب
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See also: عشت
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ش ب (ʕ-š-b). Cognate with Hebrew עשב (ʿēśeḇ). Compare also عَشِبَ (ʕašiba, “to dry up, get stale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
عُشْب • (ʕušb) m (collective, singulative عُشْبَة f (ʕušba), plural أَعْشَاب (ʔaʕšāb))
Declension
Declension of noun عُشْب (ʕušb)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْب ʕušb |
الْعُشْب al-ʕušb |
عُشْب ʕušb |
| Nominative | عُشْبٌ ʕušbun |
الْعُشْبُ al-ʕušbu |
عُشْبُ ʕušbu |
| Accusative | عُشْبًا ʕušban |
الْعُشْبَ al-ʕušba |
عُشْبَ ʕušba |
| Genitive | عُشْبٍ ʕušbin |
الْعُشْبِ al-ʕušbi |
عُشْبِ ʕušbi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْبَة ʕušba |
الْعُشْبَة al-ʕušba |
عُشْبَة ʕušbat |
| Nominative | عُشْبَةٌ ʕušbatun |
الْعُشْبَةُ al-ʕušbatu |
عُشْبَةُ ʕušbatu |
| Accusative | عُشْبَةً ʕušbatan |
الْعُشْبَةَ al-ʕušbata |
عُشْبَةَ ʕušbata |
| Genitive | عُشْبَةٍ ʕušbatin |
الْعُشْبَةِ al-ʕušbati |
عُشْبَةِ ʕušbati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُشْبَتَيْن ʕušbatayn |
الْعُشْبَتَيْن al-ʕušbatayn |
عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay |
| Nominative | عُشْبَتَانِ ʕušbatāni |
الْعُشْبَتَانِ al-ʕušbatāni |
عُشْبَتَا ʕušbatā |
| Accusative | عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʕušbatayni |
الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʕušbatayni |
عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay |
| Genitive | عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʕušbatayni |
الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʕušbatayni |
عُشْبَتَيْ ʕušbatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْبَات ʕušbāt |
الْعُشْبَات al-ʕušbāt |
عُشْبَات ʕušbāt |
| Nominative | عُشْبَاتٌ ʕušbātun |
الْعُشْبَاتُ al-ʕušbātu |
عُشْبَاتُ ʕušbātu |
| Accusative | عُشْبَاتٍ ʕušbātin |
الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʕušbāti |
عُشْبَاتِ ʕušbāti |
| Genitive | عُشْبَاتٍ ʕušbātin |
الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʕušbāti |
عُشْبَاتِ ʕušbāti |
| Plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَعْشَاب ʔaʕšāb |
الْأَعْشَاب al-ʔaʕšāb |
أَعْشَاب ʔaʕšāb |
| Nominative | أَعْشَابٌ ʔaʕšābun |
الْأَعْشَابُ al-ʔaʕšābu |
أَعْشَابُ ʔaʕšābu |
| Accusative | أَعْشَابًا ʔaʕšāban |
الْأَعْشَابَ al-ʔaʕšāba |
أَعْشَابَ ʔaʕšāba |
| Genitive | أَعْشَابٍ ʔaʕšābin |
الْأَعْشَابِ al-ʔaʕšābi |
أَعْشَابِ ʔaʕšābi |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “عشب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 129
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “عشب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 159–160
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “عشب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2049–2050
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عشب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 697
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “عشب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN