لجأة

Arabic
لَجَأَة – Caretta caretta

Etymology

From the root ل ج ء (l-j-ʔ) due to the animal taking refuge in its shell, attested since the 9th century. In the sense of a roll-slide semantic loan from Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /la.d͡ʒa.ʔa/

Noun

لَجَأَة • (lajaʔa) f (plural لَجَآت (lajaʔāt))

  1. the name of some turtles
  2. (obsolete, rare) rolling slide to move heavy loads

Declension
Declension of noun لَجَأَة (lajaʔa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَجَأَة
lajaʔa		 اللَّجَأَة
al-lajaʔa		 لَجَأَة
lajaʔat
Nominative لَجَأَةٌ
lajaʔatun		 اللَّجَأَةُ
al-lajaʔatu		 لَجَأَةُ
lajaʔatu
Accusative لَجَأَةً
lajaʔatan		 اللَّجَأَةَ
al-lajaʔata		 لَجَأَةَ
lajaʔata
Genitive لَجَأَةٍ
lajaʔatin		 اللَّجَأَةِ
al-lajaʔati		 لَجَأَةِ
lajaʔati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَجَأَتَيْن
lajaʔatayn		 اللَّجَأَتَيْن
al-lajaʔatayn		 لَجَأَتَيْ
lajaʔatay
Nominative لَجَأَتَانِ
lajaʔatāni		 اللَّجَأَتَانِ
al-lajaʔatāni		 لَجَأَتَا
lajaʔatā
Accusative لَجَأَتَيْنِ
lajaʔatayni		 اللَّجَأَتَيْنِ
al-lajaʔatayni		 لَجَأَتَيْ
lajaʔatay
Genitive لَجَأَتَيْنِ
lajaʔatayni		 اللَّجَأَتَيْنِ
al-lajaʔatayni		 لَجَأَتَيْ
lajaʔatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَجَآت
lajaʔāt		 اللَّجَآت
al-lajaʔāt		 لَجَآت
lajaʔāt
Nominative لَجَآتٌ
lajaʔātun		 اللَّجَآتُ
al-lajaʔātu		 لَجَآتُ
lajaʔātu
Accusative لَجَآتٍ
lajaʔātin		 اللَّجَآتِ
al-lajaʔāti		 لَجَآتِ
lajaʔāti
Genitive لَجَآتٍ
lajaʔātin		 اللَّجَآتِ
al-lajaʔāti		 لَجَآتِ
lajaʔāti

References
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 230–238a
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1989) Das arabische Nomen generis (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen: Philologisch-historische Klasse; Dritte Folge, Nr. 176) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 96
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