عصفور

Arabic

عُصْفُور

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣapir- (“small bird”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *c̣ipar- (“small bird; guinea fowl”); variant form of صَافِر‎ (ṣāfir, “small bird”), the /ع/ perhaps derives from a conflation with another closely related root Proto-Semitic *ʿiṣṣūr- (“bird”). Compare Hebrew ציפור.

Noun

عُصْفُور • (ʿuṣfūr) m (plural عَصَافِير‎ (ʿaṣāfīr))

any small bird
sparrow

Declension

Declension of noun عُصْفُور (ʿuṣfūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُصْفُور ʿuṣfūr	الْعُصْفُور‎ al-ʿuṣfūr	عُصْفُور ʿuṣfūr
Nominative	عُصْفُورٌ ʿuṣfūrun	الْعُصْفُورُ‎ al-ʿuṣfūru	عُصْفُورُ ʿuṣfūru
Accusative	عُصْفُورًا‎ ʿuṣfūran	الْعُصْفُورَ‎ al-ʿuṣfūra	عُصْفُورَ ʿuṣfūra
Genitive	عُصْفُورٍ ʿuṣfūrin	الْعُصْفُورِ‎ al-ʿuṣfūri	عُصْفُورِ ʿuṣfūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُصْفُورَيْن‎ ʿuṣfūrayn	الْعُصْفُورَيْن‎ al-ʿuṣfūrayn	عُصْفُورَيْ‎ ʿuṣfūray
Nominative	عُصْفُورَانِ‎ ʿuṣfūrāni	الْعُصْفُورَانِ‎ al-ʿuṣfūrāni	عُصْفُورَا‎ ʿuṣfūrā
Accusative	عُصْفُورَيْنِ‎ ʿuṣfūrayni	الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ‎ al-ʿuṣfūrayni	عُصْفُورَيْ‎ ʿuṣfūray
Genitive	عُصْفُورَيْنِ‎ ʿuṣfūrayni	الْعُصْفُورَيْنِ‎ al-ʿuṣfūrayni	عُصْفُورَيْ‎ ʿuṣfūray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَصَافِير‎ ʿaṣāfīr	الْعَصَافِير‎ al-ʿaṣāfīr	عَصَافِير‎ ʿaṣāfīr
Nominative	عَصَافِيرُ‎ ʿaṣāfīru	الْعَصَافِيرُ‎ al-ʿaṣāfīru	عَصَافِيرُ‎ ʿaṣāfīru
Accusative	عَصَافِيرَ‎ ʿaṣāfīra	الْعَصَافِيرَ‎ al-ʿaṣāfīra	عَصَافِيرَ‎ ʿaṣāfīra
Genitive	عَصَافِيرَ‎ ʿaṣāfīra	الْعَصَافِيرِ‎ al-ʿaṣāfīri	عَصَافِيرِ‎ ʿaṣāfīri

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “عصفور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2064
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عصفور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 845

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