يراع
Arabic
Alternative forms
- يَرَع (yaraʕ)
Etymology
Probably from Aramaic, the same word as or derivative of יַעְרָא / ܝܰܥܪܳܐ (yaʿrā, “rushes, bushes, thicket”), so doublet of وَعْر (waʕr). The sense of a coward may be instead from the root ر و ع (r-w-ʕ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja.raːʕ/
Noun
يَرَاع • (yarāʕ) m (collective, singulative يَرَاعَة f (yarāʕa))
- piece of reed, reed-pipe or reed-pen
- glowworm, larviform gnat
- a. 625, الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā], quoting المسيب بن علس, edited by Geyer, Rudolf, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 62–63:
- وَمَهًا يَرِفُّ كَأَنَّهُ إِذْ ذُقْتَهُ … عَانِيَّةٌ شُجَّتْ بِمَاءِ يَرَاعِ
- wamahan yariffu kaʔannahu ʔiḏ ḏuqtahu … ʕāniyyatun šujjat bi-māʔi yarāʕi
- An essence, which when tried, tastes like wine of ʿānah diluted with sump water [i.e. the water where gnats grow]
- quakebuttock, coward
Declension
Declension of noun يَرَاع (yarāʕ)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | يَرَاع yarāʕ |
الْيَرَاع al-yarāʕ |
يَرَاع yarāʕ |
| Nominative | يَرَاعٌ yarāʕun |
الْيَرَاعُ al-yarāʕu |
يَرَاعُ yarāʕu |
| Accusative | يَرَاعًا yarāʕan |
الْيَرَاعَ al-yarāʕa |
يَرَاعَ yarāʕa |
| Genitive | يَرَاعٍ yarāʕin |
الْيَرَاعِ al-yarāʕi |
يَرَاعِ yarāʕi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | يَرَاعَة yarāʕa |
الْيَرَاعَة al-yarāʕa |
يَرَاعَة yarāʕat |
| Nominative | يَرَاعَةٌ yarāʕatun |
الْيَرَاعَةُ al-yarāʕatu |
يَرَاعَةُ yarāʕatu |
| Accusative | يَرَاعَةً yarāʕatan |
الْيَرَاعَةَ al-yarāʕata |
يَرَاعَةَ yarāʕata |
| Genitive | يَرَاعَةٍ yarāʕatin |
الْيَرَاعَةِ al-yarāʕati |
يَرَاعَةِ yarāʕati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | يَرَاعَتَيْن yarāʕatayn |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْن al-yarāʕatayn |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
| Nominative | يَرَاعَتَانِ yarāʕatāni |
الْيَرَاعَتَانِ al-yarāʕatāni |
يَرَاعَتَا yarāʕatā |
| Accusative | يَرَاعَتَيْنِ yarāʕatayni |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْنِ al-yarāʕatayni |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
| Genitive | يَرَاعَتَيْنِ yarāʕatayni |
الْيَرَاعَتَيْنِ al-yarāʕatayni |
يَرَاعَتَيْ yarāʕatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | يَرَاعَات yarāʕāt |
الْيَرَاعَات al-yarāʕāt |
يَرَاعَات yarāʕāt |
| Nominative | يَرَاعَاتٌ yarāʕātun |
الْيَرَاعَاتُ al-yarāʕātu |
يَرَاعَاتُ yarāʕātu |
| Accusative | يَرَاعَاتٍ yarāʕātin |
الْيَرَاعَاتِ al-yarāʕāti |
يَرَاعَاتِ yarāʕāti |
| Genitive | يَرَاعَاتٍ yarāʕātin |
الْيَرَاعَاتِ al-yarāʕāti |
يَرَاعَاتِ yarāʕāti |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “يراع”, 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 518a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “يراع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1626b
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