حشرة

See also: حشره

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ش ر (ḥ-š-r); possibly related to حَشَرَ (ḥašara, “to crowd together”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

حَشَرة • (ḥašara) f (plural حَشَرات (ḥašarāt))

1. insect
2. small creeping animal, reptile

Declension

Declension of noun حَشَرة (ḥašara)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشَرة ḥašara	الْحَشَرة al-ḥašara	حَشَرة ḥašarat
Nominative	حَشَرةٌ ḥašaratun	الْحَشَرةُ al-ḥašaratu	حَشَرةُ ḥašaratu
Accusative	حَشَرةً ḥašaratan	الْحَشَرةَ al-ḥašarata	حَشَرةَ ḥašarata
Genitive	حَشَرةٍ ḥašaratin	الْحَشَرةِ al-ḥašarati	حَشَرةِ ḥašarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشَرتَيْن ḥašaratayn	الْحَشَرتَيْن al-ḥašaratayn	حَشَرتَيْ ḥašaratay
Nominative	حَشَرتَانِ ḥašaratāni	الْحَشَرتَانِ al-ḥašaratāni	حَشَرتَا ḥašaratā
Accusative	حَشَرتَيْنِ ḥašaratayni	الْحَشَرتَيْنِ al-ḥašaratayni	حَشَرتَيْ ḥašaratay
Genitive	حَشَرتَيْنِ ḥašaratayni	الْحَشَرتَيْنِ al-ḥašaratayni	حَشَرتَيْ ḥašaratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشَرات ḥašarāt	الْحَشَرات al-ḥašarāt	حَشَرات ḥašarāt
Nominative	حَشَراتٌ ḥašarātun	الْحَشَراتُ al-ḥašarātu	حَشَراتُ ḥašarātu
Accusative	حَشَراتٍ ḥašarātin	الْحَشَراتِ al-ḥašarāti	حَشَراتِ ḥašarāti
Genitive	حَشَراتٍ ḥašarātin	الْحَشَراتِ al-ḥašarāti	حَشَراتِ ḥašarāti

Descendants

• → Pashto: حشره
• → Persian: حشره
• → Ottoman Turkish: حشره
  • Turkish: haşere
• → Tajik: ҳашара (hašara)

(via plural form حَشَرَات (ḥašarāt)):

• → Azerbaijani: həşərat
• → Turkish: haşerat
• → Urdu: حشرہ
• → Uzbek: hasharot / ҳашарот (hasharot)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حشرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ش ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَشَرة (ḥašara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ʃa.re/, [ˈħa.ʃɑ.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ħa.ʃa.ra/, [ˈħa.ʃɑ.rˤɑ]

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Noun

حشرة • (ḥašara) f (plural حشرات (ḥašarāt))

1. insect