كبريت

See also: كبریت and کبریت

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā) / ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ (kĕḇrīṯā, sulfur), from Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, sulfur; firebrand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kib.riːt/

Noun

كِبْرِيت • (kibrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)

Declension

Derived terms

  • كِبْرِيتِيّ (kibrītiyy, sulfuric)
  • كِبْرِيتِيد (kibrītīd, sulfid)
  • كِبْرِيتَات (kibrītāt, sulfate)
  • كِبْرِيتِيك (kibrītīk)

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: چِبْرِيت (čibrīt)
  • Hijazi Arabic: كبريت (kabrīt, kibrīt)
  • Maltese: kubrit
  • Azerbaijani: kibrit
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kirpît, kifrît
    Southern Kurdish: کرمیت (kirmît), کرویت (kruyt)
  • Middle Armenian: քիպրիթ (kʻipritʻ), քպիրթ (kʻpirtʻ)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كبریت (kibrit)
  • Persian: کبریت (kebrit)
  • Swahili: kiberiti
  • Zazaki: kıbrit

References

  • كبريت” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كبريت”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1083

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Noun

كبريت • (kabrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)

References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kab.riːt/, /kib.riːt/

Noun

كَبْريت or كِبْريت • (kabrīt or kabrīt) m (plural كباريت (kabārīt))

  1. sulfur
  2. match (device to make fire)
  3. matchbox

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kib.riːt/, [kɪbˈriːt]
  • (file)

Noun

كبريت • (kibrīt) m

  1. sulfur
  2. (uncountable) matches (device to make fire)
    Synonym: (Galilee) شحاطة (šuḥḥāṭa)
    علبة كبريتʕulbet kibrītmatchbox
    كبريتة / عودة كبريتkibrīte / ʕūdet kibrīta match
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