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Etymology edit

Probably from an Aramaic term, as well as يَرَقَان (yaraqān, mildew; larvae), since caterpillars aren’t swift like the root س ر ع (s-r-ʕ) means but slippery or viscous what שׁ־ר־ע / ܫ-ܪ-ܥ (š-r-ʿ) means, and the prefigation of ya- is more likely in Aramaic in general, plus the vocalization variation bolsters the suspicion.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jas.ruːʕ/, /jus.ruːʕ/

See also edit

Noun edit

يَسْرُوع or يُسْرُوع (yasrūʕ or yusrūʕm (collective or singulative; if the former then rarely forms يَسْرُوعَة (yasrūʕa) as a singulative which can also be considered as a base form with plural يَسْرُوعَات (yasrūʕāt), if the latter then forms a plural يَسَارِيع (yasārīʕ) also vocalized يُسَارِيع (yusārīʕ))

  1. caterpillar, pupa

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • šrˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “س ر ع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 567 has Arabic يَسْرُوع (yasrūʕ), يَسَارِيع (yasārīʕ)