كبريت
See also: كبریت and کبریت
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā) / ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ (kĕḇrīṯā, “sulfur”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kib.riːt/
- (Hejazi) IPA(key): /kabriːt/
Noun
كِبْرِيت • (kibrīt) m
- sulfur
- match (device to make fire)
Declension
Declension of noun كِبْرِيت (kibrīt)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كِبْرِيت kibrīt | الْكِبْرِيت al-kibrīt | كِبْرِيت kibrīt |
| Nominative | كِبْرِيتٌ kibrītun | الْكِبْرِيتُ al-kibrītu | كِبْرِيتُ kibrītu |
| Accusative | كِبْرِيتًا kibrītan | الْكِبْرِيتَ al-kibrīta | كِبْرِيتَ kibrīta |
| Genitive | كِبْرِيتٍ kibrītin | الْكِبْرِيتِ al-kibrīti | كِبْرِيتِ kibrīti |
Derived terms
- كِبْرِيتِيّ (kibrītiyy, “sulfuric”)
- كِبْرِيتِيد (kibrītīd, “sulfid”)
- كِبْرِيتَات (kibrītāt, “sulfate”)
- كِبْرِيتِيك (kibrītīk)
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: چِبْرِيت (čibrīt)
- Maltese: kubrit
- → Azerbaijani: kibrit
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: kirpît, kifrît
- → Southern Kurdish: کرمیت (kirmît), کرویت (kruyt)
- → Middle Armenian: քիպրիթ (kʿipritʿ), քպիրթ (kʿpirtʿ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كبریت (kibrit)
- Turkish: kibrit
- → Armenian: քիբրիթ (kʿibritʿ)
- → Bulgarian: кибрит (kibrit)
- → Macedonian: кибрит (kibrit)
- → Romanian: chibrit
- → Persian: کبریت (kebrit)
- → Swahili: kiberiti
- → Kikuyu: kĩbiriti
- → Zazaki: kıbrit
References
- “كبريت” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “كبريت”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1083
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).
Noun
كبريت • (kabrīt) m
- sulfur
- match (device to make fire)
References
- Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “ك ب ر ت”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 732
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kib.riːt/, [kɪbˈriːt]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Noun
كبريت • (kibrīt) m
- sulfur
- (uncountable) matches (device to make fire)
- علبة كبريت ― ʕulbet kibrīt ― matchbox
- كبريتة / عودة كبريت ― kibrīte / ʕūdet kibrīt ― a match
- Synonym: (Galilee) شحاطة (šuḥḥāṭa)