ثريا
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See also: ثریا
Arabic
editEtymology 1
editRoot |
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ث ر و (ṯ r w) |
2 terms |
Diminutive of ثَرِيّ (ṯariyy, “many, numerous, abundant”) from the root ث ر و (ṯ-r-w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".
Proper noun
editالثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f
- the Pleiades
- a high place in the sky
Descendants
edit- → Azerbaijani: Sürəyya
- → Chagatai: ثریا
- → Ottoman Turkish: ثریا (Süreyyâ)
- Turkish: Süreyya
- → Persian: ثریا (sorayyâ)
- → Swahili: thurea
- → Tajik: Сурайё (Surayyo)
- → Urdu: ثریا (sryā)
Etymology 2
editFrom likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.
Alternative forms
edit- ثُرَيَّة (ṯurayya)
Noun
editثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f (dual ثُرَيَّان (ṯurayyān), plural ثُرَيَّات (ṯurayyāt))
Declension
editDeclension of noun ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)
Singular | singular invariable | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
Nominative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
Accusative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
Genitive | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | ثُرَيَّيْن ṯurayyayn |
الثُّرَيَّيْن aṯ-ṯurayyayn |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
Nominative | ثُرَيَّانِ ṯurayyāni |
الثُّرَيَّانِ aṯ-ṯurayyāni |
ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
Accusative | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni |
الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
Genitive | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni |
الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni |
ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt |
الثُّرَيَّات aṯ-ṯurayyāt |
ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt |
Nominative | ثُرَيَّاتٌ ṯurayyātun |
الثُّرَيَّاتُ aṯ-ṯurayyātu |
ثُرَيَّاتُ ṯurayyātu |
Accusative | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin |
الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti |
ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
Genitive | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin |
الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti |
ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
References
edit- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152