إعراب

See also: اعراب, أعراب, أعزاب, and أغراب

Arabic

Root
ع ر ب (ʕ r b)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَعْرَبَ (ʔaʕraba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiʕ.raːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

إِعْرَاب • (ʔiʕrāb) m (plural إِعْرَابَات (ʔiʕrābāt))

1. verbal noun of أَعْرَبَ (ʔaʕraba) (form IV)
2. manifestation, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, utterance
3. expression (of a sentiment)
4. (grammar) desinential inflection, ʾiʿrāb
5. (grammar) grammatical analysis
6. syntax
7. (obsolete) obscene language towards someone, verbalized excitement of sexual lust
8. (obsolete, vulgar) mating, particularly taking a عَرُوب (ʕarūb) as one’s partner

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَاب ʔiʕrāb	الْإِعْرَاب al-ʔiʕrāb	إِعْرَاب ʔiʕrāb
Nominative	إِعْرَابٌ ʔiʕrābun	الْإِعْرَابُ al-ʔiʕrābu	إِعْرَابُ ʔiʕrābu
Accusative	إِعْرَابًا ʔiʕrāban	الْإِعْرَابَ al-ʔiʕrāba	إِعْرَابَ ʔiʕrāba
Genitive	إِعْرَابٍ ʔiʕrābin	الْإِعْرَابِ al-ʔiʕrābi	إِعْرَابِ ʔiʕrābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَابَيْن ʔiʕrābayn	الْإِعْرَابَيْن al-ʔiʕrābayn	إِعْرَابَيْ ʔiʕrābay
Nominative	إِعْرَابَانِ ʔiʕrābāni	الْإِعْرَابَانِ al-ʔiʕrābāni	إِعْرَابَا ʔiʕrābā
Accusative	إِعْرَابَيْنِ ʔiʕrābayni	الْإِعْرَابَيْنِ al-ʔiʕrābayni	إِعْرَابَيْ ʔiʕrābay
Genitive	إِعْرَابَيْنِ ʔiʕrābayni	الْإِعْرَابَيْنِ al-ʔiʕrābayni	إِعْرَابَيْ ʔiʕrābay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِعْرَابَات ʔiʕrābāt	الْإِعْرَابَات al-ʔiʕrābāt	إِعْرَابَات ʔiʕrābāt
Nominative	إِعْرَابَاتٌ ʔiʕrābātun	الْإِعْرَابَاتُ al-ʔiʕrābātu	إِعْرَابَاتُ ʔiʕrābātu
Accusative	إِعْرَابَاتٍ ʔiʕrābātin	الْإِعْرَابَاتِ al-ʔiʕrābāti	إِعْرَابَاتِ ʔiʕrābāti
Genitive	إِعْرَابَاتٍ ʔiʕrābātin	الْإِعْرَابَاتِ al-ʔiʕrābāti	إِعْرَابَاتِ ʔiʕrābāti

Declension of noun إِعْرَاب (ʔiʕrāb)

Antonyms

• إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām)
• بِنَاء (bināʔ)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: иғраб (iğrab)
• → Malay: ikrab
• → Persian: اعراب (e'râb)
  • Tajik: иъроб (iʾrob)
  • → Urdu: اعراب (e'rāb)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعراب (i'râb)
• → Swahili: irabu (“vowel”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إعراب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN