عقرب
See also: غفرت
Arabic
editEtymology
editCompare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic עַקְרַבָּא (ʿaqraḇā), Classical Syriac ܥܶܩܰܪܒܳܐ (ʿeqarbā), Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 (ʿqrb), Ge'ez ዐቅረብ (ʿäḳräb); attested as a Semitic word since Akkadian 𒀝𒊏𒁍 (aqrabu).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editعَقْرَب • (ʕaqrab) m (plural عَقَارِب (ʕaqārib))
- scorpion
- الْعَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”)
- (astronomy) Scorpius, a constellation of the zodiac
- (astrology) Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
- hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs
Declension
editDeclension of noun عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَقْرَب ʕaqrab |
الْعَقْرَب al-ʕaqrab |
عَقْرَب ʕaqrab |
Nominative | عَقْرَبٌ ʕaqrabun |
الْعَقْرَبُ al-ʕaqrabu |
عَقْرَبُ ʕaqrabu |
Accusative | عَقْرَبًا ʕaqraban |
الْعَقْرَبَ al-ʕaqraba |
عَقْرَبَ ʕaqraba |
Genitive | عَقْرَبٍ ʕaqrabin |
الْعَقْرَبِ al-ʕaqrabi |
عَقْرَبِ ʕaqrabi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | عَقْرَبَيْن ʕaqrabayn |
الْعَقْرَبَيْن al-ʕaqrabayn |
عَقْرَبَيْ ʕaqrabay |
Nominative | عَقْرَبَانِ ʕaqrabāni |
الْعَقْرَبَانِ al-ʕaqrabāni |
عَقْرَبَا ʕaqrabā |
Accusative | عَقْرَبَيْنِ ʕaqrabayni |
الْعَقْرَبَيْنِ al-ʕaqrabayni |
عَقْرَبَيْ ʕaqrabay |
Genitive | عَقْرَبَيْنِ ʕaqrabayni |
الْعَقْرَبَيْنِ al-ʕaqrabayni |
عَقْرَبَيْ ʕaqrabay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَقَارِب ʕaqārib |
الْعَقَارِب al-ʕaqārib |
عَقَارِب ʕaqārib |
Nominative | عَقَارِبُ ʕaqāribu |
الْعَقَارِبُ al-ʕaqāribu |
عَقَارِبُ ʕaqāribu |
Accusative | عَقَارِبَ ʕaqāriba |
الْعَقَارِبَ al-ʕaqāriba |
عَقَارِبَ ʕaqāriba |
Genitive | عَقَارِبَ ʕaqāriba |
الْعَقَارِبِ al-ʕaqāribi |
عَقَارِبِ ʕaqāribi |
Derived terms
edit- قَلْب اَلْعَقْرَب (qalb al-ʕaqrab) (Antares)
Descendants
edit- Maltese: għakreb
- Moroccan Arabic: عقرب (ʕaqrab)
- → Armenian: աղրաբ (aġrab)
- → Azerbaijani: əqrəb / әгрәб
- → Khalaj: aqrab
- → Persian: عقرب ('aqrab)
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: alacran
- → Old Spanish: alacran
- → Ottoman Turkish: عقرب
- → Uzbek: aqrab
References
edit- “Proto-Semitic root: *ʕaḳrab-; Number 2340” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.
Hijazi Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editKhalaj
editNoun
editعَقرَب (aqrab) (definite accusative عَقرَبؽ, plural عَقرَبلار)
Declension
editMoroccan Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editOttoman Turkish
editEtymology
editNoun
editعقرب • (ʿakreb) (plural عقارب (ʿakarib))
- scorpion, any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
- (astronomy) Scorpius, a constellation of the zodiac
- (astrology) Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
- hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Turkish: akrep
- → Albanian: akrep
- → Armenian: ախրէպ (axrēp)
- → Laz: აკრეპი (aǩrep̌i), აქრები (akrebi) — Artasheni; ანკრეპი (anǩrep̌i)
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “akrep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 177
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عقرب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 854
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Scorpio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 1521
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عقرب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 3297
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akrep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقرب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1311
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).
Pronunciation
edit- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʁ.ɹǽb̥]
Readings | |
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Iranian reading? | ağrab |
Noun
editDari | کژدم |
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Iranian Persian | عقرب |
Tajik | каждум |
South Levantine Arabic
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editعقرب • (ʕaqrab) m (plural عقارب (ʕaqārib))
See also
editSigns of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj) | |||||||||||
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الحمل (il-ḥamal, “Aries”) | التور (it-tōr, “Taurus”) | الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, “Gemini”) | السرطان (is-saraṭān, “Cancer”) | ||||||||
الأسد (il-ʔasad, “Leo”) | العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, “Virgo”) | الميزان (il-mīzān, “Libra”) | العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”) | ||||||||
القوس (il-ʔōs, “Sagittarius”) | الجدي (il-jidi, “Capricorn”) | الدلو (id-dalu, “Aquarius”) | الحوت (il-ḥūt, “Pisces”) |
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