قوس قزح
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Literally, “bow of Quzah”, named after Quzah, a pre-Islamic Arab god of weather.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
قَوْس قُزَح • (qaws quzaḥ) m (plural أَقْوَاس قُزَح (ʾaqwās quzaḥ))
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | قَوْس قُزَح qaws quzaḥ |
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| Nominative | — | قَوْسُ قُزَحٍ; قَوْسُ قُزَحَ qawsu quzaḥin; qawsu quzaḥa |
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| Accusative | — | قَوْسَ قُزَحٍ; قَوْسَ قُزَحَ qawsa quzaḥin; qawsa quzaḥa |
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| Genitive | — | قَوْسِ قُزَحٍ; قَوْسِ قُزَحَ qawsi quzaḥin; qawsi quzaḥa |
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| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَح qawsay quzaḥ |
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| Nominative | — | قَوْسَا قُزَحٍ; قَوْسَا قُزَحَ qawsā quzaḥin; qawsā quzaḥa |
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| Accusative | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَحٍ; قَوْسَيْ قُزَحَ qawsay quzaḥin; qawsay quzaḥa |
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| Genitive | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَحٍ; قَوْسَيْ قُزَحَ qawsay quzaḥin; qawsay quzaḥa |
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| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | أَقْوَاس قُزَح ʾaqwās quzaḥ |
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| Nominative | — | أَقْوَاسُ قُزَحٍ; أَقْوَاسُ قُزَحَ ʾaqwāsu quzaḥin; ʾaqwāsu quzaḥa |
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| Accusative | — | أَقْوَاسَ قُزَحٍ; أَقْوَاسَ قُزَحَ ʾaqwāsa quzaḥin; ʾaqwāsa quzaḥa |
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| Genitive | — | أَقْوَاسِ قُزَحٍ; أَقْوَاسِ قُزَحَ ʾaqwāsi quzaḥin; ʾaqwāsi quzaḥa |
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DescendantsEdit
- → Gulf Arabic: قز قزح (quzquzaḥ) (learned)
- → Hijazi Arabic: قوس قزح (gōs guzaḥ) (learned)
- → Persian: قوس و قزح (qows o qazah)
- → Azerbaijani: qövsi-qüzeh
- → Urdu: قوس قزح
Hijazi ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
قوس قزح • (gōs guzaḥ) m (plural أقواس قزح (ʔagwās guzaḥ))
Moroccan ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
قوس قزح • (qaws quzaḥ, qūs quzaḥ) m (plural قواس قزح (qwās quzaḥ))
- rainbow
- Synonyms: قوس النبي (qaws en-nbī, qūs en-nbī), حزام لالة فاطمة الزهرا (ḥzām lālla fāṭima z-zuhra), عروسة السما (ʕrūsit es-smā), عروسة الشتا (ʕrūsit eš-štā)