إعراب

إعراب

See also: اعراب‎, أعراب‎, أعزاب‎, and أغراب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ر ب‎ (ʿ-r-b). From أَعْرَبَ‎ (ʾaʿraba, “to state clearly, to use desinential inflection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiʕ.raːb/

Noun

إِعْرَاب • (ʾiʿrāb) m (plural إِعْرَابَات‎ (ʾiʿrābāt))

1. verbal noun of أَعْرَبَ‎ (ʾaʿraba) (form IV)
2. manifestation, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, utterance
3. expression (of a sentiment)
4. (grammar) desinential inflection, ʾiʿrāb
5. syntax
6. grammatical analysis

Declension

Declension of noun إِعْرَاب (ʾiʿrāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَاب ʾiʿrāb	الْإِعْرَاب‎ al-ʾiʿrāb	إِعْرَاب ʾiʿrāb
Nominative	إِعْرَابٌ ʾiʿrābun	الْإِعْرَابُ‎ al-ʾiʿrābu	إِعْرَابُ ʾiʿrābu
Accusative	إِعْرَابًا‎ ʾiʿrāban	الْإِعْرَابَ‎ al-ʾiʿrāba	إِعْرَابَ ʾiʿrāba
Genitive	إِعْرَابٍ ʾiʿrābin	الْإِعْرَابِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābi	إِعْرَابِ ʾiʿrābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَابَيْن‎ ʾiʿrābayn	الْإِعْرَابَيْن‎ al-ʾiʿrābayn	إِعْرَابَيْ‎ ʾiʿrābay
Nominative	إِعْرَابَانِ‎ ʾiʿrābāni	الْإِعْرَابَانِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābāni	إِعْرَابَا‎ ʾiʿrābā
Accusative	إِعْرَابَيْنِ‎ ʾiʿrābayni	الْإِعْرَابَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābayni	إِعْرَابَيْ‎ ʾiʿrābay
Genitive	إِعْرَابَيْنِ‎ ʾiʿrābayni	الْإِعْرَابَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābayni	إِعْرَابَيْ‎ ʾiʿrābay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَابَات‎ ʾiʿrābāt	الْإِعْرَابَات‎ al-ʾiʿrābāt	إِعْرَابَات‎ ʾiʿrābāt
Nominative	إِعْرَابَاتٌ‎ ʾiʿrābātun	الْإِعْرَابَاتُ‎ al-ʾiʿrābātu	إِعْرَابَاتُ‎ ʾiʿrābātu
Accusative	إِعْرَابَاتٍ‎ ʾiʿrābātin	الْإِعْرَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābāti	إِعْرَابَاتِ‎ ʾiʿrābāti
Genitive	إِعْرَابَاتٍ‎ ʾiʿrābātin	الْإِعْرَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾiʿrābāti	إِعْرَابَاتِ‎ ʾiʿrābāti

Antonyms

• إِعْجَام‎ (ʾiʿjām)
• بِنَاء‎ (bināʾ)

Descendants

• → Swahili: irabu (“vowel”)

References

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