إبرة

See also: ابره

Arabic

Root
ء ب ر (ʔ-b-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.ra/

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Noun

إِبْرَة • (ʔibra) f (plural إِبَر (ʔibar))

1. needle (all senses)

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْرَة (ʔibra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرَة ʔibra	الْإِبْرَة al-ʔibra	إِبْرَة ʔibrat
Nominative	إِبْرَةٌ ʔibratun	الْإِبْرَةُ al-ʔibratu	إِبْرَةُ ʔibratu
Accusative	إِبْرَةً ʔibratan	الْإِبْرَةَ al-ʔibrata	إِبْرَةَ ʔibrata
Genitive	إِبْرَةٍ ʔibratin	الْإِبْرَةِ al-ʔibrati	إِبْرَةِ ʔibrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْرَتَيْن ʔibratayn	الْإِبْرَتَيْن al-ʔibratayn	إِبْرَتَيْ ʔibratay
Nominative	إِبْرَتَانِ ʔibratāni	الْإِبْرَتَانِ al-ʔibratāni	إِبْرَتَا ʔibratā
Accusative	إِبْرَتَيْنِ ʔibratayni	الْإِبْرَتَيْنِ al-ʔibratayni	إِبْرَتَيْ ʔibratay
Genitive	إِبْرَتَيْنِ ʔibratayni	الْإِبْرَتَيْنِ al-ʔibratayni	إِبْرَتَيْ ʔibratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبَر ʔibar	الْإِبَر al-ʔibar	إِبَر ʔibar
Nominative	إِبَرٌ ʔibarun	الْإِبَرُ al-ʔibaru	إِبَرُ ʔibaru
Accusative	إِبَرًا ʔibaran	الْإِبَرَ al-ʔibara	إِبَرَ ʔibara
Genitive	إِبَرٍ ʔibarin	الْإِبَرِ al-ʔibari	إِبَرِ ʔibari

Descendants

• Cypriot Arabic: ipre
• Maltese: labra
• → Azerbaijani: ibrə
• → Hausa: àllūr̃ā̀
• → Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre)
  • Turkish: ibre

References

• “إبرة” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “إبرة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 3
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “إبرة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 3
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إبرة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 2

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• برة (bra)

Etymology

From Arabic إِبْرَة (ʔibra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔib.ra/

• Audio

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Noun

إبرة • (ʔibra) f (plural إباري (ʔibāri) or براوات (brāwāt) or إبرات (ʔibrāt))

1. needle

   Synonym: شوكة (šūka)