إصابة

إصابة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَصَابَ‎ (ʾaṣāba, “to hit the target, to injure”), from the root ص و ب‎ (ṣ-w-b).

Noun

إِصَابَة • (ʾiṣāba) f (plural إِصَابَات‎ (ʾiṣābāt))

1. verbal noun of أَصَابَ‎ (ʾaṣāba, “to hit the target, to injure”) (form IV)
2. injury, trauma
3. score (number of points earned)
4. a hitting shot
5. right aiming
6. sound judgment
7. rectitude

Declension

Declension of noun إِصَابَة (ʾiṣāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَة ʾiṣāba	الْإِصَابَة‎ al-ʾiṣāba	إِصَابَة ʾiṣābat
Nominative	إِصَابَةٌ ʾiṣābatun	الْإِصَابَةُ‎ al-ʾiṣābatu	إِصَابَةُ ʾiṣābatu
Accusative	إِصَابَةً ʾiṣābatan	الْإِصَابَةَ‎ al-ʾiṣābata	إِصَابَةَ ʾiṣābata
Genitive	إِصَابَةٍ ʾiṣābatin	الْإِصَابَةِ‎ al-ʾiṣābati	إِصَابَةِ ʾiṣābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَتَيْن‎ ʾiṣābatayn	الْإِصَابَتَيْن‎ al-ʾiṣābatayn	إِصَابَتَيْ‎ ʾiṣābatay
Nominative	إِصَابَتَانِ‎ ʾiṣābatāni	الْإِصَابَتَانِ‎ al-ʾiṣābatāni	إِصَابَتَا‎ ʾiṣābatā
Accusative	إِصَابَتَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣābatayni	الْإِصَابَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣābatayni	إِصَابَتَيْ‎ ʾiṣābatay
Genitive	إِصَابَتَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣābatayni	الْإِصَابَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣābatayni	إِصَابَتَيْ‎ ʾiṣābatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصَابَات‎ ʾiṣābāt	الْإِصَابَات‎ al-ʾiṣābāt	إِصَابَات‎ ʾiṣābāt
Nominative	إِصَابَاتٌ‎ ʾiṣābātun	الْإِصَابَاتُ‎ al-ʾiṣābātu	إِصَابَاتُ‎ ʾiṣābātu
Accusative	إِصَابَاتٍ‎ ʾiṣābātin	الْإِصَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾiṣābāti	إِصَابَاتِ‎ ʾiṣābāti
Genitive	إِصَابَاتٍ‎ ʾiṣābātin	الْإِصَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾiṣābāti	إِصَابَاتِ‎ ʾiṣābāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: اصابت‎ (isabet)
  • Turkish: isabet

References

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