ترسة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• تِرْسَا (tirsā)

Etymology

Developed from Arabic تُرْس (turs, “shield”), from Persian ترس (tors, “shield”), from Ancient Greek θυρεός (thureós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tir.sa/

Noun

تِرْسَة • (tirsa) f (plural تِرْسَات (tirsāt))

1. turtle, especially sea-turtles

Declension

Declension of noun تِرْسَة (tirsa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِرْسَة tirsa	التِّرْسَة at-tirsa	تِرْسَة tirsat
Nominative	تِرْسَةٌ tirsatun	التِّرْسَةُ at-tirsatu	تِرْسَةُ tirsatu
Accusative	تِرْسَةً tirsatan	التِّرْسَةَ at-tirsata	تِرْسَةَ tirsata
Genitive	تِرْسَةٍ tirsatin	التِّرْسَةِ at-tirsati	تِرْسَةِ tirsati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِرْسَتَيْن tirsatayn	التِّرْسَتَيْن at-tirsatayn	تِرْسَتَيْ tirsatay
Nominative	تِرْسَتَانِ tirsatāni	التِّرْسَتَانِ at-tirsatāni	تِرْسَتَا tirsatā
Accusative	تِرْسَتَيْنِ tirsatayni	التِّرْسَتَيْنِ at-tirsatayni	تِرْسَتَيْ tirsatay
Genitive	تِرْسَتَيْنِ tirsatayni	التِّرْسَتَيْنِ at-tirsatayni	تِرْسَتَيْ tirsatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِرْسَات tirsāt	التِّرْسَات at-tirsāt	تِرْسَات tirsāt
Nominative	تِرْسَاتٌ tirsātun	التِّرْسَاتُ at-tirsātu	تِرْسَاتُ tirsātu
Accusative	تِرْسَاتٍ tirsātin	التِّرْسَاتِ at-tirsāti	تِرْسَاتِ tirsāti
Genitive	تِرْسَاتٍ tirsātin	التِّرْسَاتِ at-tirsāti	تِرْسَاتِ tirsāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ترسة”, 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 189