استراحة

استراحة

Arabic

Pronunciation

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Noun

اِسْتِرَاحَة • (istirāḥa) f (plural اِسْتِرَاحَات‎ (istirāḥāt))

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ‎ (istarāḥa) (form X)
2. smelling
3. reposing, resting
4. tranquility
5. pausing
6. rest
7. pause

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥa	الِاسْتِرَاحَة‎ al-istirāḥa	اِسْتِرَاحَة istirāḥat
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَةٌ istirāḥatun	الِاسْتِرَاحَةُ‎ al-istirāḥatu	اِسْتِرَاحَةُ istirāḥatu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَةً istirāḥatan	الِاسْتِرَاحَةَ‎ al-istirāḥata	اِسْتِرَاحَةَ istirāḥata
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَةٍ istirāḥatin	الِاسْتِرَاحَةِ‎ al-istirāḥati	اِسْتِرَاحَةِ istirāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْن‎ istirāḥatayn	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْن‎ al-istirāḥatayn	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ‎ istirāḥatay
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَانِ‎ istirāḥatāni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَانِ‎ al-istirāḥatāni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَا‎ istirāḥatā
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ‎ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ‎ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ‎ istirāḥatay
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ‎ istirāḥatayni	الِاسْتِرَاحَتَيْنِ‎ al-istirāḥatayni	اِسْتِرَاحَتَيْ‎ istirāḥatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِرَاحَات‎ istirāḥāt	الِاسْتِرَاحَات‎ al-istirāḥāt	اِسْتِرَاحَات‎ istirāḥāt
Nominative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٌ‎ istirāḥātun	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتُ‎ al-istirāḥātu	اِسْتِرَاحَاتُ‎ istirāḥātu
Accusative	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ‎ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ‎ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ‎ istirāḥāti
Genitive	اِسْتِرَاحَاتٍ‎ istirāḥātin	الِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ‎ al-istirāḥāti	اِسْتِرَاحَاتِ‎ istirāḥāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istirahət
• → Indonesian: istirahat
• → Persian: استراحت‎ (esterâhat)
  • → Urdu: استراحت‎ (isterāhat)
• → Turkish: istirahat

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة‎ (istirāḥa). Equivalent to the verbal noun of استراح‎ (istarāḥ, “to rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħe/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]
• IPA^(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/, [ɪs.tɪˈrˤɑː.ħɑ]

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Noun

استراحة • (istirāḥa) f

1. rest, break, intermission

   ‏لمّا بدرس للامتحانات، بالعادة باخد استراحة واحدة بس لمدة نصّ ساعة.‎‎

   lamma badros lil-imtiḥānāt bil-ʕāda bāḵod istirāḥa wāḥde bas la-moddet nuṣṣ sāʕa

   When I study for exams, I usually just take one half-hour break.