إصحاح

إصحاح

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܨܚܚܐ‎ (ṣəḥāḥā, “chapter (not necessarily of the Bible)”).[1]

Noun

إِصْحَاح • (ʾiṣḥāḥ) m (plural إِصْحَاحَات‎ (ʾiṣḥāḥāt))

1. chapter of the Bible

Declension

Declension of noun إِصْحَاح (ʾiṣḥāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْحَاح ʾiṣḥāḥ	الْإِصْحَاح‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥ	إِصْحَاح ʾiṣḥāḥ
Nominative	إِصْحَاحٌ ʾiṣḥāḥun	الْإِصْحَاحُ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥu	إِصْحَاحُ ʾiṣḥāḥu
Accusative	إِصْحَاحًا‎ ʾiṣḥāḥan	الْإِصْحَاحَ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥa	إِصْحَاحَ ʾiṣḥāḥa
Genitive	إِصْحَاحٍ ʾiṣḥāḥin	الْإِصْحَاحِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥi	إِصْحَاحِ ʾiṣḥāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْحَاحَيْن‎ ʾiṣḥāḥayn	الْإِصْحَاحَيْن‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥayn	إِصْحَاحَيْ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥay
Nominative	إِصْحَاحَانِ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥāni	الْإِصْحَاحَانِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥāni	إِصْحَاحَا‎ ʾiṣḥāḥā
Accusative	إِصْحَاحَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥayni	الْإِصْحَاحَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥayni	إِصْحَاحَيْ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥay
Genitive	إِصْحَاحَيْنِ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥayni	الْإِصْحَاحَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥayni	إِصْحَاحَيْ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِصْحَاحَات‎ ʾiṣḥāḥāt	الْإِصْحَاحَات‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥāt	إِصْحَاحَات‎ ʾiṣḥāḥāt
Nominative	إِصْحَاحَاتٌ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥātun	الْإِصْحَاحَاتُ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥātu	إِصْحَاحَاتُ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥātu
Accusative	إِصْحَاحَاتٍ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥātin	الْإِصْحَاحَاتِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥāti	إِصْحَاحَاتِ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥāti
Genitive	إِصْحَاحَاتٍ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥātin	الْإِصْحَاحَاتِ‎ al-ʾiṣḥāḥāti	إِصْحَاحَاتِ‎ ʾiṣḥāḥāti

Related terms

• سِفْر‎ (sifr, “book of the Bible”)
• آيَة‎ (ʾāya, “verse (of the Bible or Koran)”)
• بَاب‎ (bāb, “chapter (in general)”)
• فَصْل‎ (faṣl, “chapter (in general)”)

References

1. "Hebrew and Aramaic Elements in the Israeli Vernacular Christian-Arabic and in the Written Christian Arabic of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon", Levantine Review, vol. 4 number 1 (Spring 2015), p. 100.