أسطورة
See also: اسطورة and اسطوره
Arabic
Etymology
From phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), with the native Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara, “to write, to compose lines”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.tˤuː.ra/
Noun
أُسْطُورَة • (ʾusṭūra) f (plural أَسَاطِير (ʾasāṭīr))
- myth, fable, tale, legend, story especially full of embellishments
Declension
Declension of noun أُسْطُورَة (ʾusṭūra)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسْطُورَة ʾusṭūra | الْأُسْطُورَة al-ʾusṭūra | أُسْطُورَة ʾusṭūrat |
| Nominative | أُسْطُورَةٌ ʾusṭūratun | الْأُسْطُورَةُ al-ʾusṭūratu | أُسْطُورَةُ ʾusṭūratu |
| Accusative | أُسْطُورَةً ʾusṭūratan | الْأُسْطُورَةَ al-ʾusṭūrata | أُسْطُورَةَ ʾusṭūrata |
| Genitive | أُسْطُورَةٍ ʾusṭūratin | الْأُسْطُورَةِ al-ʾusṭūrati | أُسْطُورَةِ ʾusṭūrati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُسْطُورَتَيْن ʾusṭūratayn | الْأُسْطُورَتَيْن al-ʾusṭūratayn | أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʾusṭūratay |
| Nominative | أُسْطُورَتَانِ ʾusṭūratāni | الْأُسْطُورَتَانِ al-ʾusṭūratāni | أُسْطُورَتَا ʾusṭūratā |
| Accusative | أُسْطُورَتَيْنِ ʾusṭūratayni | الْأُسْطُورَتَيْنِ al-ʾusṭūratayni | أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʾusṭūratay |
| Genitive | أُسْطُورَتَيْنِ ʾusṭūratayni | الْأُسْطُورَتَيْنِ al-ʾusṭūratayni | أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʾusṭūratay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَسَاطِير ʾasāṭīr | الْأَسَاطِير al-ʾasāṭīr | أَسَاطِير ʾasāṭīr |
| Nominative | أَسَاطِيرُ ʾasāṭīru | الْأَسَاطِيرُ al-ʾasāṭīru | أَسَاطِيرُ ʾasāṭīru |
| Accusative | أَسَاطِيرَ ʾasāṭīra | الْأَسَاطِيرَ al-ʾasāṭīra | أَسَاطِيرَ ʾasāṭīra |
| Genitive | أَسَاطِيرَ ʾasāṭīra | الْأَسَاطِيرِ al-ʾasāṭīri | أَسَاطِيرِ ʾasāṭīri |
References
- Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 119
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 56–57
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أسطورة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN