ذريرة
Arabic
ذَرِيرَة
Etymology
From the root ذ ر ر (ḏ-r-r).
Noun
ذَرِيرَة • (ḏarīra) f (plural ذَرَائِر (ḏarāʾir) or أَذِرَّة (ʾaḏirra))
- sweet flag, Acorus calamus
- Synonym: وَجّ (wajj)
- powdered fragrant, perfume brayed particularly from the sweet flag (which is by reason of this use also known as Calamus aromaticus)
Declension
Declension of noun ذَرِيرَة (ḏarīra)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ذَرِيرَة ḏarīra | الذَّرِيرَة aḏ-ḏarīra | ذَرِيرَة ḏarīrat |
| Nominative | ذَرِيرَةٌ ḏarīratun | الذَّرِيرَةُ aḏ-ḏarīratu | ذَرِيرَةُ ḏarīratu |
| Accusative | ذَرِيرَةً ḏarīratan | الذَّرِيرَةَ aḏ-ḏarīrata | ذَرِيرَةَ ḏarīrata |
| Genitive | ذَرِيرَةٍ ḏarīratin | الذَّرِيرَةِ aḏ-ḏarīrati | ذَرِيرَةِ ḏarīrati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ذَرِيرَتَيْن ḏarīratayn | الذَّرِيرَتَيْن aḏ-ḏarīratayn | ذَرِيرَتَيْ ḏarīratay |
| Nominative | ذَرِيرَتَانِ ḏarīratāni | الذَّرِيرَتَانِ aḏ-ḏarīratāni | ذَرِيرَتَا ḏarīratā |
| Accusative | ذَرِيرَتَيْنِ ḏarīratayni | الذَّرِيرَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏarīratayni | ذَرِيرَتَيْ ḏarīratay |
| Genitive | ذَرِيرَتَيْنِ ḏarīratayni | الذَّرِيرَتَيْنِ aḏ-ḏarīratayni | ذَرِيرَتَيْ ḏarīratay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ذَرَائِر; أَذِرَّة ḏarāʾir; ʾaḏirra | الذَّرَائِر; الْأَذِرَّة aḏ-ḏarāʾir; al-ʾaḏirra | ذَرَائِر; أَذِرَّة ḏarāʾir; ʾaḏirrat |
| Nominative | ذَرَائِرُ; أَذِرَّةٌ ḏarāʾiru; ʾaḏirratun | الذَّرَائِرُ; الْأَذِرَّةُ aḏ-ḏarāʾiru; al-ʾaḏirratu | ذَرَائِرُ; أَذِرَّةُ ḏarāʾiru; ʾaḏirratu |
| Accusative | ذَرَائِرَ; أَذِرَّةً ḏarāʾira; ʾaḏirratan | الذَّرَائِرَ; الْأَذِرَّةَ aḏ-ḏarāʾira; al-ʾaḏirrata | ذَرَائِرَ; أَذِرَّةَ ḏarāʾira; ʾaḏirrata |
| Genitive | ذَرَائِرَ; أَذِرَّةٍ ḏarāʾira; ʾaḏirratin | الذَّرَائِرِ; الْأَذِرَّةِ aḏ-ḏarāʾiri; al-ʾaḏirrati | ذَرَائِرِ; أَذِرَّةِ ḏarāʾiri; ʾaḏirrati |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “ذريرة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 82–83
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ذريرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 957
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ذريرة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 426–427