ذراع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ ر ع‎ (ḏ-r-ʿ).
Cognate to Aramaic דְּרָעָא‎ /‎ ܕܪܥܐ‎ (dərāʿā), Hebrew זְרוֹעַ‎ (zərṓaʿ), Ugaritic 𐎏𐎗𐎓 (ḏrʿ), Ge'ez መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Tigre ዘራዕ (zäraʿ), መዛርዕት (mäzarəʿt), Tigrinya መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Soqotri direʿ, Shehri diráʿ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ði.raːʕ/
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Noun

ذِرَاع • (ḏirāʿ) f (dual ذِرَاعَانِ‎ (ḏirāʿāni), plural أَذْرُع‎ (ʾaḏruʿ) or ذُرْعَان‎ (ḏurʿān))

arm (“portion of the upper appendage from shoulder to wrist”)
lever, shift lever, lever arm
crank arm
jib, boom
cubit, (especially) the Arabian cubit variously standardized by place, time, and item from 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).

Declension

Declension of noun ذِرَاع (ḏirāʿ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِرَاع ḏirāʿ	الذِّرَاع‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿ	ذِرَاع ḏirāʿ
Nominative	ذِرَاعٌ ḏirāʿun	الذِّرَاعُ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿu	ذِرَاعُ ḏirāʿu
Accusative	ذِرَاعًا‎ ḏirāʿan	الذِّرَاعَ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿa	ذِرَاعَ ḏirāʿa
Genitive	ذِرَاعٍ ḏirāʿin	الذِّرَاعِ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿi	ذِرَاعِ ḏirāʿi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِرَاعَيْن‎ ḏirāʿayn	الذِّرَاعَيْن‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿayn	ذِرَاعَيْ‎ ḏirāʿay
Nominative	ذِرَاعَانِ‎ ḏirāʿāni	الذِّرَاعَانِ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿāni	ذِرَاعَا‎ ḏirāʿā
Accusative	ذِرَاعَيْنِ‎ ḏirāʿayni	الذِّرَاعَيْنِ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿayni	ذِرَاعَيْ‎ ḏirāʿay
Genitive	ذِرَاعَيْنِ‎ ḏirāʿayni	الذِّرَاعَيْنِ‎ aḏ-ḏirāʿayni	ذِرَاعَيْ‎ ḏirāʿay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَذْرُع‎‎; ذُرْعَان‎ ʾaḏruʿ‎; ḏurʿān	الْأَذْرُع‎‎; الذُّرْعَان‎ al-ʾaḏruʿ‎; aḏ-ḏurʿān	أَذْرُع‎‎; ذُرْعَان‎ ʾaḏruʿ‎; ḏurʿān
Nominative	أَذْرُعٌ‎‎; ذُرْعَانٌ‎ ʾaḏruʿun‎; ḏurʿānun	الْأَذْرُعُ‎‎; الذُّرْعَانُ‎ al-ʾaḏruʿu‎; aḏ-ḏurʿānu	أَذْرُعُ‎‎; ذُرْعَانُ‎ ʾaḏruʿu‎; ḏurʿānu
Accusative	أَذْرُعًا‎‎; ذُرْعَانًا‎ ʾaḏruʿan‎; ḏurʿānan	الْأَذْرُعَ‎‎; الذُّرْعَانَ‎ al-ʾaḏruʿa‎; aḏ-ḏurʿāna	أَذْرُعَ‎‎; ذُرْعَانَ‎ ʾaḏruʿa‎; ḏurʿāna
Genitive	أَذْرُعٍ‎‎; ذُرْعَانٍ‎ ʾaḏruʿin‎; ḏurʿānin	الْأَذْرُعِ‎‎; الذُّرْعَانِ‎ al-ʾaḏruʿi‎; aḏ-ḏurʿāni	أَذْرُعِ‎‎; ذُرْعَانِ‎ ʾaḏruʿi‎; ḏurʿāni

Descendants

Maltese: driegħ
→ English: dira

References

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