كسرة

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun of the verb كَسَر (kasar, to break), from the root ك س ر (k-s-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.ra/

Noun

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

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

Declension

References

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