نبراس
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא (neḇraštā). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/nabliš/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”) with a likely Iranian intermediary explaining the conflation of /l/ and /r/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nib.raːs/
Noun
نِبْرَاس • (nibrās) m (plural نَبَارِيس (nabārīs))
- lamp, lantern, luminary
- Synonyms: سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), بَابُور (bābūr)
- beacon
- Synonyms: فَنَار (fanār), مَنَارَة (manāra)
Declension
Declension of noun نِبْرَاس (nibrās)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نِبْرَاس nibrās | النِّبْرَاس an-nibrās | نِبْرَاس nibrās |
| Nominative | نِبْرَاسٌ nibrāsun | النِّبْرَاسُ an-nibrāsu | نِبْرَاسُ nibrāsu |
| Accusative | نِبْرَاسًا nibrāsan | النِّبْرَاسَ an-nibrāsa | نِبْرَاسَ nibrāsa |
| Genitive | نِبْرَاسٍ nibrāsin | النِّبْرَاسِ an-nibrāsi | نِبْرَاسِ nibrāsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | نِبْرَاسَيْن nibrāsayn | النِّبْرَاسَيْن an-nibrāsayn | نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay |
| Nominative | نِبْرَاسَانِ nibrāsāni | النِّبْرَاسَانِ an-nibrāsāni | نِبْرَاسَا nibrāsā |
| Accusative | نِبْرَاسَيْنِ nibrāsayni | النِّبْرَاسَيْنِ an-nibrāsayni | نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay |
| Genitive | نِبْرَاسَيْنِ nibrāsayni | النِّبْرَاسَيْنِ an-nibrāsayni | نِبْرَاسَيْ nibrāsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَبَارِيس nabārīs | النَّبَارِيس an-nabārīs | نَبَارِيس nabārīs |
| Nominative | نَبَارِيسُ nabārīsu | النَّبَارِيسُ an-nabārīsu | نَبَارِيسُ nabārīsu |
| Accusative | نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa | النَّبَارِيسَ an-nabārīsa | نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa |
| Genitive | نَبَارِيسَ nabārīsa | النَّبَارِيسِ an-nabārīsi | نَبَارِيسِ nabārīsi |
References
- “nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 95–96
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “نبراس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 231
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “نبراس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1243