أريكة
Arabic
Etymology
Unknown, suggested as Iranian, comparing with Classical Persian اورنگ (awrang, “throne”), but this is difficult. A native origin would connect the Arabic only to أَرَاك (ʾarāk, “toothbrush tree”), or perhaps an obsolete أَرَكَ (ʾaraka, “to persevere, to bide”), because it is a place of abode, which however likely derives from the plant name, as these trees are inviting for camels, goats, and humans to eat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.riː.ka/
Noun
أَرِيكَة • (ʾarīka) f (plural أَرَائِكُ (ʾarāʾiku) or أَرِيك (ʾarīk))
- sofa
- Synonyms: سَرِير (sarīr), كَنَبَة (kanaba), تَخْت (taḵt)
- throne
- جَلَسَ المَلِكُ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ
- jalasa l-maliku ʿalā ʾarīkatihi
- the king sat on his throne
- Synonyms: سَرِير (sarīr), عَرْش (ʿarš)
Declension
Declension of noun أَرِيكَة (ʾarīka)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَرِيكَة ʾarīka | الْأَرِيكَة al-ʾarīka | أَرِيكَة ʾarīkat |
| Nominative | أَرِيكَةٌ ʾarīkatun | الْأَرِيكَةُ al-ʾarīkatu | أَرِيكَةُ ʾarīkatu |
| Accusative | أَرِيكَةً ʾarīkatan | الْأَرِيكَةَ al-ʾarīkata | أَرِيكَةَ ʾarīkata |
| Genitive | أَرِيكَةٍ ʾarīkatin | الْأَرِيكَةِ al-ʾarīkati | أَرِيكَةِ ʾarīkati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أَرِيكَتَيْن ʾarīkatayn | الْأَرِيكَتَيْن al-ʾarīkatayn | أَرِيكَتَيْ ʾarīkatay |
| Nominative | أَرِيكَتَانِ ʾarīkatāni | الْأَرِيكَتَانِ al-ʾarīkatāni | أَرِيكَتَا ʾarīkatā |
| Accusative | أَرِيكَتَيْنِ ʾarīkatayni | الْأَرِيكَتَيْنِ al-ʾarīkatayni | أَرِيكَتَيْ ʾarīkatay |
| Genitive | أَرِيكَتَيْنِ ʾarīkatayni | الْأَرِيكَتَيْنِ al-ʾarīkatayni | أَرِيكَتَيْ ʾarīkatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَرَائِك; أَرِيك ʾarāʾik; ʾarīk | الْأَرَائِك; الْأَرِيك al-ʾarāʾik; al-ʾarīk | أَرَائِك; أَرِيك ʾarāʾik; ʾarīk |
| Nominative | أَرَائِكُ; أَرِيكٌ ʾarāʾiku; ʾarīkun | الْأَرَائِكُ; الْأَرِيكُ al-ʾarāʾiku; al-ʾarīku | أَرَائِكُ; أَرِيكُ ʾarāʾiku; ʾarīku |
| Accusative | أَرَائِكَ; أَرِيكًا ʾarāʾika; ʾarīkan | الْأَرَائِكَ; الْأَرِيكَ al-ʾarāʾika; al-ʾarīka | أَرَائِكَ; أَرِيكَ ʾarāʾika; ʾarīka |
| Genitive | أَرَائِكَ; أَرِيكٍ ʾarāʾika; ʾarīkin | الْأَرَائِكِ; الْأَرِيكِ al-ʾarāʾiki; al-ʾarīki | أَرَائِكِ; أَرِيكِ ʾarāʾiki; ʾarīki |
References
- “أريكة” in Almaany
- Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 11
- Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic, Leiden: Leiden University, page 3
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 52–53
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أريكة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 50–51