عصا

See also: عصى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤan/
  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤaː/

Noun

عَصًا (ʿaṣan) f (construct state عَصَا (ʿaṣā), dual عَصَوَانِ (ʿaṣawāni), plural عُصِيّ (ʿuṣiyy) or عِصِيّ (ʿiṣiyy) or أَعْصٍ (ʾaʿṣin) or أَعْصَاء (ʾaʿṣāʾ))

  1. staff, stick
  2. punishment, chastisement
  3. wooden handle
  4. scepter
  5. crosier
  6. dominion
  7. penis
  8. lingual bone, tongue
  9. Muslim fraternity or a community in general
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ع ص و (ʿ-ṣ-w).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَصَا (ʿaṣā) I, non-past يَعْصُو‎ (yaʿṣū)

  1. to beat or strike with a stick, sword, or staff; to use, handle, wield, equip any of the above.
  2. to dress wound, to use a splint on a wound
  3. to unite people for a purpose, to shepherd people together
Conjugation

References

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