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Character [Arabic]

IPA: /taː mar.buː.tˤa/ [informal]
Head templates: {{head|ar|letter|tr=-}} ة
  1. ة (tāʔ marbūṭa) is a variant of the letter ت (tāʔ) used at the end of words. It is formed from the letter ه (hāʔ) with the addition of the two overdots of ت (tāʔ). Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-character-zajDQbCg Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Arabic]

IPA: /-a/ [informal, pausal], /-ah/ [informal, pausal], /-e/ [Levantine-Arabic], /-ə/ [Gulf-Arabic] Forms: ـَة [canonical], -a [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). See also Egyptian -t. Etymology templates: {{der|ar|sem-pro|*-at-}} Proto-Semitic *-at-, {{der|ar|afa-pro|*-t|*-t, *-Vt|pos=feminine suffix}} Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix), {{cog|egy|-t}} Egyptian -t Head templates: {{head|ar|suffix|head=ـَة}} ـَة • (-a)
  1. Suffix used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-j7rrYmUT
  2. Suffix used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-lLag0rD2
  3. Suffix used to form singulative nouns (referring to one item) from collective nouns (referring to a collection of items): for instance, بَقَرَة (baqara, “cow”) from بَقَر (baqar, “cattle”) or شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”) from شَجَر (šajar, “trees”). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-7YlpcRTK Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 6 16 15 16 14 17 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
  4. Suffix used to form instance nouns (nomina vicis, referring to a single instance of an action) from verbal nouns: for instance, اِبْتِسَامَة (ibtisāma, “a smile”) from اِبْتِسَام (ibtisām, “smiling”) or اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “an uprising, an intifada”) from اِنْتِفَاض (intifāḍ, “rising up, shaking off”). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-ar:instance_noun Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 6 16 15 16 14 17 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
  5. Suffix used to form abstract nouns from nisba adjectives in ـِيّ (-iyy): for instance, اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (ištirākiyya, “socialism”) from اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy, “socialist”). Alternatively, the combination of the two suffixes can be viewed as a single suffix ـِيَّة (-iyya). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-WyHm8p69 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 6 16 15 16 14 17 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
  6. Suffix used to form nouns referring to devices from occupational/characteristic nouns and adjectives (e.g. دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “tank”) from دَبَّاب (dabbāb, “crawling, crawler”)) and from active participles (e.g. طَابِعَة (ṭābiʕa, “printer (computing device)”) from طَابِع (ṭābiʕ, “printer (person)”)). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-1JKC99gA Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 6 16 15 16 14 17 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
  7. Suffix used to form nouns of various sorts from adjectives: for instance, قَرِينَة (qarīna, “connection”) from قَرِين (qarīn, “connected”) or مُعَلَّقَة (muʕallaqa, “poster, placard”) from مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq, “suspended”). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-anVPWN5s Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 6 16 15 16 14 17 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [South Levantine Arabic]

IPA: /e/ (note: Lemma Form), [e] (note: Lemma Form), [a] (note: Lemma Form), [ɑ] (note: Lemma Form), /a/ (note: Lemma Form), [a] (note: Lemma Form), [ɑ] (note: Lemma Form), /t/ (note: Construct Form), [(ɪ)t] (note: Construct Form) Forms: ـة [canonical], -e [romanization], -a [romanization], -t [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic ـَة (-a). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|ـَة}} Arabic ـَة (-a) Head templates: {{ajp-suffix|g=f|head=ـة|tr=-e/-a/-t}} ـة • (-e/-a/-t) f
  1. Ending of most feminine nouns in the singular Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ajp-suffix-H9UW7YzE
  2. Feminine suffix for nouns referring to people Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ajp-suffix-WTQbo7Zl
  3. Feminine suffix for adjectives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ajp-suffix-ZPBFHF6X
  4. Singulative suffix from collective nouns (they become grammatically feminine) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ajp-suffix-eyfKhhW6 Categories (other): South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 5 13 12 13 11 14 2 3 3 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Feminine plural suffix for nouns): ـات (-āt)
Disambiguation of 'Feminine plural suffix for nouns': 18 32 29 21

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ة meaning in All languages combined (10.2kB)

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        ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ə/",
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}

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      "ipa": "[ɑ]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑ]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t/",
      "note": "Construct Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[(ɪ)t]",
      "note": "Construct Form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Arabic inflectional suffixes",
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
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      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
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        "ة (tāʔ marbūṭa) is a variant of the letter ت (tāʔ) used at the end of words. It is formed from the letter ه (hāʔ) with the addition of the two overdots of ت (tāʔ)."
      ],
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          "ة",
          "ة#Arabic"
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          "ت",
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          "ه",
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        ]
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taː mar.buː.tˤa/",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic feminine suffixes",
    "Arabic inflectional suffixes",
    "Arabic informal terms",
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    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "afb",
            "2": "ـة",
            "tr": "-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Gulf Arabic: ـة (-a)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gulf Arabic: ـة (-a)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: -a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: -a"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*-at-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *-at-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "afa-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "-t"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian -t",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). See also Egyptian -t.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـَة"
      },
      "expansion": "ـَة • (-a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form singulative nouns (referring to one item) from collective nouns (referring to a collection of items): for instance, بَقَرَة (baqara, “cow”) from بَقَر (baqar, “cattle”) or شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”) from شَجَر (šajar, “trees”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singulative",
          "singulative#English"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective#English"
        ],
        [
          "بَقَرَة",
          "بقرة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow#English"
        ],
        [
          "بَقَر",
          "بقر#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle#English"
        ],
        [
          "شَجَرَة",
          "شجرة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree#English"
        ],
        [
          "شَجَر",
          "شجر#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "trees",
          "trees#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form instance nouns (nomina vicis, referring to a single instance of an action) from verbal nouns: for instance, اِبْتِسَامَة (ibtisāma, “a smile”) from اِبْتِسَام (ibtisām, “smiling”) or اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “an uprising, an intifada”) from اِنْتِفَاض (intifāḍ, “rising up, shaking off”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instance noun",
          "instance noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verbal noun",
          "verbal noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "اِبْتِسَامَة",
          "ابتسامة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "smile",
          "smile#English"
        ],
        [
          "اِبْتِسَام",
          "ابتسام#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "smiling",
          "smiling#English"
        ],
        [
          "اِنْتِفَاضَة",
          "انتفاضة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "intifada",
          "intifada#English"
        ],
        [
          "اِنْتِفَاض",
          "انتفاض#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "rising",
          "rising#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ],
        [
          "shaking",
          "shaking#English"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ar:instance noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form abstract nouns from nisba adjectives in ـِيّ (-iyy): for instance, اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (ištirākiyya, “socialism”) from اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy, “socialist”). Alternatively, the combination of the two suffixes can be viewed as a single suffix ـِيَّة (-iyya)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract noun",
          "abstract noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "nisba",
          "nisba#English"
        ],
        [
          "ـِيّ",
          "ي#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة",
          "اشتراكية#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "socialism",
          "socialism#English"
        ],
        [
          "اِشْتِرَاكِيّ",
          "اشتراكي#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "socialist",
          "socialist#English"
        ],
        [
          "ـِيَّة",
          "ية#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form nouns referring to devices from occupational/characteristic nouns and adjectives (e.g. دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “tank”) from دَبَّاب (dabbāb, “crawling, crawler”)) and from active participles (e.g. طَابِعَة (ṭābiʕa, “printer (computing device)”) from طَابِع (ṭābiʕ, “printer (person)”))."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "دَبَّابَة",
          "دبابة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank#English"
        ],
        [
          "دَبَّاب",
          "دباب#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling#English"
        ],
        [
          "crawler",
          "crawler#English"
        ],
        [
          "طَابِعَة",
          "طابعة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "printer",
          "printer#English"
        ],
        [
          "طَابِع",
          "طابع#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form nouns of various sorts from adjectives: for instance, قَرِينَة (qarīna, “connection”) from قَرِين (qarīn, “connected”) or مُعَلَّقَة (muʕallaqa, “poster, placard”) from مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq, “suspended”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "قَرِينَة",
          "قرينة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection#English"
        ],
        [
          "قَرِين",
          "قرين#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "connected",
          "connected#English"
        ],
        [
          "مُعَلَّقَة",
          "معلقة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "poster",
          "poster#English"
        ],
        [
          "placard",
          "placard#English"
        ],
        [
          "مُعَلَّق",
          "معلق#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "suspended",
          "suspended#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-a/",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "pausal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ah/",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "pausal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-e/",
      "tags": [
        "Levantine-Arabic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}

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  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic feminine suffixes",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic suffixes",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ـَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـَة (-a)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـَة (-a).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-t",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "ـة",
        "tr": "-e/-a/-t"
      },
      "expansion": "ـة • (-e/-a/-t) f",
      "name": "ajp-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "-āt",
      "sense": "Feminine plural suffix for nouns",
      "word": "ـات"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ending of most feminine nouns in the singular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Feminine suffix for nouns referring to people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Feminine suffix for adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Singulative suffix from collective nouns (they become grammatically feminine)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Singulative",
          "singulative#English"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/e/",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑ]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑ]",
      "note": "Lemma Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t/",
      "note": "Construct Form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[(ɪ)t]",
      "note": "Construct Form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}

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