فسيفساء

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “small stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.saj.fi.saːʔ/

Noun

فُسَيْفِسَاء • (fusayfisāʔ) f

1. mosaic

Declension

Declension of noun فُسَيْفِسَاء (fusayfisāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُسَيْفِسَاء fusayfisāʔ	الْفُسَيْفِسَاء al-fusayfisāʔ	فُسَيْفِسَاء fusayfisāʔ
Nominative	فُسَيْفِسَاءٌ fusayfisāʔun	الْفُسَيْفِسَاءُ al-fusayfisāʔu	فُسَيْفِسَاءُ fusayfisāʔu
Accusative	فُسَيْفِسَاءً fusayfisāʔan	الْفُسَيْفِسَاءَ al-fusayfisāʔa	فُسَيْفِسَاءَ fusayfisāʔa
Genitive	فُسَيْفِسَاءٍ fusayfisāʔin	الْفُسَيْفِسَاءِ al-fusayfisāʔi	فُسَيْفِسَاءِ fusayfisāʔi

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “فسيفساء”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “فسيفساء”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فسيفساء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “فسيفساء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz