أسطول
Arabic
Etymology
An old borrowing of Ancient Greek στόλος (stólos).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.tˤuːl/
Noun
أُسْطُول • (ʾusṭūl) m (plural أَسَاطِيلُ (ʾasāṭīlu))
- fleet; squadron
Declension
Declension of noun أُسْطُول (ʾusṭūl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُسْطُول ʾusṭūl | الْأُسْطُول al-ʾusṭūl | أُسْطُول ʾusṭūl |
| Nominative | أُسْطُولٌ ʾusṭūlun | الْأُسْطُولُ al-ʾusṭūlu | أُسْطُولُ ʾusṭūlu |
| Accusative | أُسْطُولًا ʾusṭūlan | الْأُسْطُولَ al-ʾusṭūla | أُسْطُولَ ʾusṭūla |
| Genitive | أُسْطُولٍ ʾusṭūlin | الْأُسْطُولِ al-ʾusṭūli | أُسْطُولِ ʾusṭūli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أُسْطُولَيْن ʾusṭūlayn | الْأُسْطُولَيْن al-ʾusṭūlayn | أُسْطُولَيْ ʾusṭūlay |
| Nominative | أُسْطُولَانِ ʾusṭūlāni | الْأُسْطُولَانِ al-ʾusṭūlāni | أُسْطُولَا ʾusṭūlā |
| Accusative | أُسْطُولَيْنِ ʾusṭūlayni | الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ al-ʾusṭūlayni | أُسْطُولَيْ ʾusṭūlay |
| Genitive | أُسْطُولَيْنِ ʾusṭūlayni | الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ al-ʾusṭūlayni | أُسْطُولَيْ ʾusṭūlay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَسَاطِيل ʾasāṭīl | الْأَسَاطِيل al-ʾasāṭīl | أَسَاطِيل ʾasāṭīl |
| Nominative | أَسَاطِيلُ ʾasāṭīlu | الْأَسَاطِيلُ al-ʾasāṭīlu | أَسَاطِيلُ ʾasāṭīlu |
| Accusative | أَسَاطِيلَ ʾasāṭīla | الْأَسَاطِيلَ al-ʾasāṭīla | أَسَاطِيلَ ʾasāṭīla |
| Genitive | أَسَاطِيلَ ʾasāṭīla | الْأَسَاطِيلِ al-ʾasāṭīli | أَسَاطِيلِ ʾasāṭīli |
References
- Shelomo Dov Goitein, A Mediterranean Society: volume I (1967): "usṭūl [...] is derived from Greek stolos, 'fleet,' but designated in the Arabic of that period [the 1000s] a heavy warship"; and Studies in Islamic History and Institutions (1968): "the word usṭūl, which is, of course, the Greek stolos ('fleet'), but designates in the Arabic of that period one heavy warship".
- Manwel Mifsud, Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study (1995): ""Ar[abic] has borrowed about 700 words from Greek [...]. Some (like [...] /ʾusṭūl/ 'fleet' < Gr στόλος) are of very old origin."
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أسطول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN