أسطورة

See also: اسطورة and اسطوره

Arabic

Etymology

From phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), with the native Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara, “to write, to compose lines”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔus.tˤuː.ra/

Noun

أُسْطُورَة • (ʔusṭūra) f (plural أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr))

myth, fable, tale, legend, story especially full of embellishments

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُورَة ʔusṭūra	الْأُسْطُورَة al-ʔusṭūra	أُسْطُورَة ʔusṭūrat
Nominative	أُسْطُورَةٌ ʔusṭūratun	الْأُسْطُورَةُ al-ʔusṭūratu	أُسْطُورَةُ ʔusṭūratu
Accusative	أُسْطُورَةً ʔusṭūratan	الْأُسْطُورَةَ al-ʔusṭūrata	أُسْطُورَةَ ʔusṭūrata
Genitive	أُسْطُورَةٍ ʔusṭūratin	الْأُسْطُورَةِ al-ʔusṭūrati	أُسْطُورَةِ ʔusṭūrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُورَتَيْن ʔusṭūratayn	الْأُسْطُورَتَيْن al-ʔusṭūratayn	أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʔusṭūratay
Nominative	أُسْطُورَتَانِ ʔusṭūratāni	الْأُسْطُورَتَانِ al-ʔusṭūratāni	أُسْطُورَتَا ʔusṭūratā
Accusative	أُسْطُورَتَيْنِ ʔusṭūratayni	الْأُسْطُورَتَيْنِ al-ʔusṭūratayni	أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʔusṭūratay
Genitive	أُسْطُورَتَيْنِ ʔusṭūratayni	الْأُسْطُورَتَيْنِ al-ʔusṭūratayni	أُسْطُورَتَيْ ʔusṭūratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاطِير ʔasāṭīr	الْأَسَاطِير al-ʔasāṭīr	أَسَاطِير ʔasāṭīr
Nominative	أَسَاطِيرُ ʔasāṭīru	الْأَسَاطِيرُ al-ʔasāṭīru	أَسَاطِيرُ ʔasāṭīru
Accusative	أَسَاطِيرَ ʔasāṭīra	الْأَسَاطِيرَ al-ʔasāṭīra	أَسَاطِيرَ ʔasāṭīra
Genitive	أَسَاطِيرَ ʔasāṭīra	الْأَسَاطِيرِ al-ʔasāṭīri	أَسَاطِيرِ ʔasāṭīri

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: اسطوره (ustura)
- Turkish: ustura

References

Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften‎ (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 119
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 56–57
Wehr, Hans (1979) “أسطورة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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