كسرة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك س ر (k s r)
10 terms

Instance noun of the verb كَسَر (kasar, “to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ra/

Noun

كَسْرَة • (kasra) f (plural كَسَرَات (kasarāt))

1. (linguistics, grammar) kasra (a vowel in Arabic signifying an /i/ sound)

   Hypernym: حَرَكَة (ḥaraka)

2. instance noun of كَسَرَ (kasara)

Declension

Declension of noun كَسْرَة (kasra)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَسْرَة kasra	الْكَسْرَة al-kasra	كَسْرَة kasrat
nominative	كَسْرَةٌ kasratun	الْكَسْرَةُ al-kasratu	كَسْرَةُ kasratu
accusative	كَسْرَةً kasratan	الْكَسْرَةَ al-kasrata	كَسْرَةَ kasrata
genitive	كَسْرَةٍ kasratin	الْكَسْرَةِ al-kasrati	كَسْرَةِ kasrati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَسْرَتَيْن kasratayn	الْكَسْرَتَيْن al-kasratayn	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
nominative	كَسْرَتَانِ kasratāni	الْكَسْرَتَانِ al-kasratāni	كَسْرَتَا kasratā
accusative	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
genitive	كَسْرَتَيْنِ kasratayni	الْكَسْرَتَيْنِ al-kasratayni	كَسْرَتَيْ kasratay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَسَرَات kasarāt	الْكَسَرَات al-kasarāt	كَسَرَات kasarāt
nominative	كَسَرَاتٌ kasarātun	الْكَسَرَاتُ al-kasarātu	كَسَرَاتُ kasarātu
accusative	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti
genitive	كَسَرَاتٍ kasarātin	الْكَسَرَاتِ al-kasarāti	كَسَرَاتِ kasarāti

كِسْرَة

Descendants

• → English: kasra
• → French: kasra

Noun

كِسْرَة • (kisra) f (plural كِسَر (kisar) or كِسْرَات (kisrāt))

1. fragment

   أَعْطِنِي وَظِيفَةً مَعَ ٱلْأَحْبَارِ لِآكُلَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ

   ʔaʕṭinī waẓīfatan maʕa l-ʔaḥbāri liʔākula kisrata ḵubzin

   Give me a job with the priests that I may eat a fragment of bread.

2. (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad) a type of flatbread

Declension

Declension of noun كِسْرَة (kisra)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كِسْرَة kisra	الْكِسْرَة al-kisra	كِسْرَة kisrat
nominative	كِسْرَةٌ kisratun	الْكِسْرَةُ al-kisratu	كِسْرَةُ kisratu
accusative	كِسْرَةً kisratan	الْكِسْرَةَ al-kisrata	كِسْرَةَ kisrata
genitive	كِسْرَةٍ kisratin	الْكِسْرَةِ al-kisrati	كِسْرَةِ kisrati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كِسْرَتَيْن kisratayn	الْكِسْرَتَيْن al-kisratayn	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
nominative	كِسْرَتَانِ kisratāni	الْكِسْرَتَانِ al-kisratāni	كِسْرَتَا kisratā
accusative	كِسْرَتَيْنِ kisratayni	الْكِسْرَتَيْنِ al-kisratayni	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
genitive	كِسْرَتَيْنِ kisratayni	الْكِسْرَتَيْنِ al-kisratayni	كِسْرَتَيْ kisratay
plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كِسَر‎; كِسْرَات kisar‎; kisrāt	الْكِسَر‎; الْكِسْرَات al-kisar‎; al-kisrāt	كِسَر‎; كِسْرَات kisar‎; kisrāt
nominative	كِسَرٌ‎; كِسْرَاتٌ kisarun‎; kisrātun	الْكِسَرُ‎; الْكِسْرَاتُ al-kisaru‎; al-kisrātu	كِسَرُ‎; كِسْرَاتُ kisaru‎; kisrātu
accusative	كِسَرًا‎; كِسْرَاتٍ kisaran‎; kisrātin	الْكِسَرَ‎; الْكِسْرَاتِ al-kisara‎; al-kisrāti	كِسَرَ‎; كِسْرَاتِ kisara‎; kisrāti
genitive	كِسَرٍ‎; كِسْرَاتٍ kisarin‎; kisrātin	الْكِسَرِ‎; الْكِسْرَاتِ al-kisari‎; al-kisrāti	كِسَرِ‎; كِسْرَاتِ kisari‎; kisrāti

Descendants

• → Nobiin: kisra

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كسرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 885
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 968

Sudanese Arabic

كسرة

Pronunciation

• Audio (Sudan, El Fasher):

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Noun

كسرة • (kisra) f

1. a type of flatbread popular in Sudan and Chad.

Descendants

• Beja: kísra