لجأة

Arabic

لَجَأَة – Caretta caretta

Etymology

From the root ل ج ء (l-j-ʔ) due to the animal taking refuge in its shell, attested since the 9^th century. In the sense of a roll-slide semantic loan from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.d͡ʒa.ʔa/

Noun

لَجَأَة • (lajaʔa) f (plural لَجَآت (lajaʔāt))

1. the name of some turtles
2. (obsolete, rare) rolling slide to move heavy loads

Declension

Declension of noun لَجَأَة (lajaʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجَأَة lajaʔa	اللَّجَأَة al-lajaʔa	لَجَأَة lajaʔat
Nominative	لَجَأَةٌ lajaʔatun	اللَّجَأَةُ al-lajaʔatu	لَجَأَةُ lajaʔatu
Accusative	لَجَأَةً lajaʔatan	اللَّجَأَةَ al-lajaʔata	لَجَأَةَ lajaʔata
Genitive	لَجَأَةٍ lajaʔatin	اللَّجَأَةِ al-lajaʔati	لَجَأَةِ lajaʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجَأَتَيْن lajaʔatayn	اللَّجَأَتَيْن al-lajaʔatayn	لَجَأَتَيْ lajaʔatay
Nominative	لَجَأَتَانِ lajaʔatāni	اللَّجَأَتَانِ al-lajaʔatāni	لَجَأَتَا lajaʔatā
Accusative	لَجَأَتَيْنِ lajaʔatayni	اللَّجَأَتَيْنِ al-lajaʔatayni	لَجَأَتَيْ lajaʔatay
Genitive	لَجَأَتَيْنِ lajaʔatayni	اللَّجَأَتَيْنِ al-lajaʔatayni	لَجَأَتَيْ lajaʔatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَجَآت lajaʔāt	اللَّجَآت al-lajaʔāt	لَجَآت lajaʔāt
Nominative	لَجَآتٌ lajaʔātun	اللَّجَآتُ al-lajaʔātu	لَجَآتُ lajaʔātu
Accusative	لَجَآتٍ lajaʔātin	اللَّجَآتِ al-lajaʔāti	لَجَآتِ lajaʔāti
Genitive	لَجَآتٍ lajaʔātin	اللَّجَآتِ al-lajaʔāti	لَجَآتِ lajaʔāti

References

• Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 230–238a
• Ullmann, Manfred (1989) Das arabische Nomen generis (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen: Philologisch-historische Klasse; Dritte Folge, Nr. 176) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 96