ثريا
See also: ثریا
Arabic
Etymology 1
Diminutive of ثَرِىّ (ṯariyy, “many, numerous, abundant”) from the root ث ر و (ṯ-r-w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".
Proper noun
الثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f
- the Pleiades
- a high place in the sky
Etymology 2
From likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.
Alternative forms
- ثُرَيَّة (ṯurayya)
Noun
ثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f (dual ثُرَيَّان (ṯurayyān), plural ثُرَيَّات (ṯurayyāt))
- chandelier
Declension
Declension of noun ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā | الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| Nominative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā | الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| Accusative | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā | الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| Genitive | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā | الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ثُرَيَّيْن ṯurayyayn | الثُّرَيَّيْن aṯ-ṯurayyayn | ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| Nominative | ثُرَيَّانِ ṯurayyāni | الثُّرَيَّانِ aṯ-ṯurayyāni | ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā |
| Accusative | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni | الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni | ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| Genitive | ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni | الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni | ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt | الثُّرَيَّات aṯ-ṯurayyāt | ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt |
| Nominative | ثُرَيَّاتٌ ṯurayyātun | الثُّرَيَّاتُ aṯ-ṯurayyātu | ثُرَيَّاتُ ṯurayyātu |
| Accusative | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin | الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti | ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
| Genitive | ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin | الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti | ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152