أفعى

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔapʕaw- (“viper, a kind of serpent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ʕan/
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Noun

أَفْعًى • (ʔafʕan) f (construct state أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā), dual أَفْعَيَانِ (ʔafʕayāni), plural أَفَاعٍ (ʔafāʕin), plural construct state أَفَاعِي (ʔafāʕī), masculine أُفْعُوَان (ʔufʕuwān))

viper, serpent

Declension

Declension of noun أَفْعًى (ʔafʕan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
Nominative	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
Accusative	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
Genitive	أَفْعًى ʔafʕan	الْأَفْعَى al-ʔafʕā	أَفْعَى ʔafʕā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْعَيَيْن ʔafʕayayn	الْأَفْعَيَيْن al-ʔafʕayayn	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
Nominative	أَفْعَيَانِ ʔafʕayāni	الْأَفْعَيَانِ al-ʔafʕayāni	أَفْعَيَا ʔafʕayā
Accusative	أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni	الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
Genitive	أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʔafʕayayni	الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʔafʕayayni	أَفْعَيَيْ ʔafʕayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī
Nominative	أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī
Accusative	أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya	الْأَفَاعِيَ al-ʔafāʕiya	أَفَاعِيَ ʔafāʕiya
Genitive	أَفَاعٍ ʔafāʕin	الْأَفَاعِي al-ʔafāʕī	أَفَاعِي ʔafāʕī

Descendants

Maltese: lifgħa
Moroccan Arabic: فعى (fʕa), لفعة (lafʕa)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “أفعى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2421c
Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفعى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 845a
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أفعى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 63

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