عشب
See also: عشت
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ش ب (ʿ-š-b). Cognate with Hebrew עשב (ʿēśeḇ). Compare also عَشِبَ (ʿašiba, “to dry up, get stale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕuʃb/
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Noun
عُشْب • (ʿušb) m (collective, singulative عُشْبَة f (ʿušba), plural أَعْشَاب (ʾaʿšāb))
- fresh, green, juicy, soft or tender herbs or herbage
- green grass
- pasture
Declension
Declension of noun عُشْب (ʿušb)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْب ʿušb | الْعُشْب al-ʿušb | عُشْب ʿušb |
| Nominative | عُشْبٌ ʿušbun | الْعُشْبُ al-ʿušbu | عُشْبُ ʿušbu |
| Accusative | عُشْبًا ʿušban | الْعُشْبَ al-ʿušba | عُشْبَ ʿušba |
| Genitive | عُشْبٍ ʿušbin | الْعُشْبِ al-ʿušbi | عُشْبِ ʿušbi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْبَة ʿušba | الْعُشْبَة al-ʿušba | عُشْبَة ʿušbat |
| Nominative | عُشْبَةٌ ʿušbatun | الْعُشْبَةُ al-ʿušbatu | عُشْبَةُ ʿušbatu |
| Accusative | عُشْبَةً ʿušbatan | الْعُشْبَةَ al-ʿušbata | عُشْبَةَ ʿušbata |
| Genitive | عُشْبَةٍ ʿušbatin | الْعُشْبَةِ al-ʿušbati | عُشْبَةِ ʿušbati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُشْبَتَيْن ʿušbatayn | الْعُشْبَتَيْن al-ʿušbatayn | عُشْبَتَيْ ʿušbatay |
| Nominative | عُشْبَتَانِ ʿušbatāni | الْعُشْبَتَانِ al-ʿušbatāni | عُشْبَتَا ʿušbatā |
| Accusative | عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʿušbatayni | الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʿušbatayni | عُشْبَتَيْ ʿušbatay |
| Genitive | عُشْبَتَيْنِ ʿušbatayni | الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ al-ʿušbatayni | عُشْبَتَيْ ʿušbatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُشْبَات ʿušbāt | الْعُشْبَات al-ʿušbāt | عُشْبَات ʿušbāt |
| Nominative | عُشْبَاتٌ ʿušbātun | الْعُشْبَاتُ al-ʿušbātu | عُشْبَاتُ ʿušbātu |
| Accusative | عُشْبَاتٍ ʿušbātin | الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʿušbāti | عُشْبَاتِ ʿušbāti |
| Genitive | عُشْبَاتٍ ʿušbātin | الْعُشْبَاتِ al-ʿušbāti | عُشْبَاتِ ʿušbāti |
| Plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَعْشَاب ʾaʿšāb | الْأَعْشَاب al-ʾaʿšāb | أَعْشَاب ʾaʿšāb |
| Nominative | أَعْشَابٌ ʾaʿšābun | الْأَعْشَابُ al-ʾaʿšābu | أَعْشَابُ ʾaʿšābu |
| Accusative | أَعْشَابًا ʾaʿšāban | الْأَعْشَابَ al-ʾaʿšāba | أَعْشَابَ ʾaʿšāba |
| Genitive | أَعْشَابٍ ʾaʿšābin | الْأَعْشَابِ al-ʾaʿšābi | أَعْشَابِ ʾaʿšābi |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “عشب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 129
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “عشب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 159–160
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “عشب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2049–2050
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عشب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 697
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “عشب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN