حرير

حرير

See also: خرير‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ر ر‎ (ḥ-r-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.riːr/

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Noun

حَرِير • (ḥarīr) m

1. silk

   Synonym: إِبْرَيْسَم‎ (ʾibraysam)

Declension

Declension of noun حَرِير (ḥarīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرِير ḥarīr	الْحَرِير‎ al-ḥarīr	حَرِير ḥarīr
Nominative	حَرِيرٌ ḥarīrun	الْحَرِيرُ‎ al-ḥarīru	حَرِيرُ ḥarīru
Accusative	حَرِيرًا‎ ḥarīran	الْحَرِيرَ‎ al-ḥarīra	حَرِيرَ ḥarīra
Genitive	حَرِيرٍ ḥarīrin	الْحَرِيرِ‎ al-ḥarīri	حَرِيرِ ḥarīri

Derived terms

• حَرِيرِيّ‎ (ḥarīriyy)
• حَرَائِرِيّ‎ (ḥarāʾiriyy)
• نَامَ عَلَى حَرِير‎ (nāma ʿalā ḥarīr)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħarir
• → Swahili: hariri

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830), “حرير”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 360
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “حرير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 539