إسرائيل

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔis.raː.ʔiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrāʾēl).

Proper noun

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) m

  1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
    Synonym: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:4:
      يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ ٱلَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
      yā banī ʔisrāʔīla ḏkurū niʕmatiya llatī ʔanʕamtu ʕalaykum wa-ʔannī faḍḍaltukum ʕalā l-ʕālamīna
      Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.
  2. Israel (northern kingdom opposite Judah)
Declension
Declension of noun إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — إِسْرَائِيل
ʔisrāʔīl		 —
Nominative — إِسْرَائِيلُ
ʔisrāʔīlu		 —
Accusative — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla		 —
Genitive — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla		 —
Alternative forms
  • إِسْرٰئِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

Proper noun

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
    Synonym: (derogatory or euphemistic) الكِيَانْ الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy)
Declension
Declension of noun إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — إِسْرَائِيل
ʔisrāʔīl		 —
Nominative — إِسْرَائِيلُ
ʔisrāʔīlu		 —
Accusative — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla		 —
Genitive — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla		 —
Derived terms

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “إسرائيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Proper noun

إسرائيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
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