"ة" meaning in Arabic

See ة in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /taːʔ mar.buː.tˤa/
  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, Arabic entries with etymon, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic script characters, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymon: 12 3 4 22 18 18 19 4 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 4 19 20 16 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 6 7 21 17 16 16 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /-a/ [informal, pausal], /-ah/ [informal, pausal], /-e/ [Levantine-Arabic], /-ə/ (note: Gulf) Forms: ـَة [canonical], -a [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). See also Egyptian -t. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ar|:inh|sem-pro:*-at-<id:feminine>|id=feminine}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Semitic", "term" : "*-at-", "lang" : "sem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ة", "lang" : "ar" }" data-id="feminine" data-lang="ar" data-title="ة" id="Arabic:_feminine">, {{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. Used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-ERMQUJIV
  2. Used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-r8JRUpHZ
  3. Used to form singulative nouns (referring to one item) from collective nouns (referring to a collection of items). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-xAp6rt1T Categories (other): Arabic entries with etymon, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, South Levantine Arabic entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology texts, South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology trees, South Levantine Arabic entries with etymon, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymon: 12 3 4 22 18 18 19 4 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 4 19 20 16 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 6 7 21 17 16 16 6 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 3 4 11 9 8 8 3 2 4 4 2 5 2 2 1 11 2 2 1 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 2 2 11 9 9 9 2 2 4 4 2 6 1 2 1 13 1 2 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 1 1 11 9 9 9 1 1 4 5 1 7 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 3 3 9 9 7 7 3 4 4 4 2 5 2 3 3 10 2 3 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 3 3 11 9 8 8 2 2 4 4 2 5 2 2 2 12 2 2 2 12 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 6 2 2 11 9 9 9 2 2 4 4 1 6 1 1 2 13 1 1 2 13 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology texts: 6 2 2 11 9 9 9 2 2 4 4 1 6 1 1 2 13 1 1 2 13 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology trees: 6 2 2 11 9 9 9 2 2 4 4 1 6 1 1 2 13 1 1 2 13 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with etymon: 7 1 1 12 9 9 9 1 1 4 4 1 7 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 14 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 1 11 9 8 9 2 2 4 4 1 6 1 1 2 13 1 1 2 13
  4. Suffix used to form instance nouns (nomina vicis, referring to a single instance of an action) from verbal nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-ar:instance_noun Categories (other): Arabic entries with etymon, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymon: 12 3 4 22 18 18 19 4 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 4 19 20 16 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 6 7 21 17 16 16 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 3 3 9 9 7 7 3 4 4 4 2 5 2 3 3 10 2 3 3 10
  5. Used to form abstract nouns from nisba adjectives in ـِيّ (-iyy). Alternatively, the combination of the two suffixes can be viewed as a single suffix ـِيَّة (-iyya). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ة-ar-suffix-3rU9CBjJ Categories (other): Arabic entries with etymon, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymon: 12 3 4 22 18 18 19 4 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 4 19 20 16 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 6 7 21 17 16 16 6
  6. 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-oZfV-wzK Categories (other): Arabic entries with etymon, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymon: 12 3 4 22 18 18 19 4 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 4 19 20 16 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 6 7 21 17 16 16 6
  7. 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-9Kloxacp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "character",
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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",
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          "ت",
          "ت#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ه",
          "ه#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ت",
          "ت#Arabic"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/taːʔ mar.buː.tˤa/"
    }
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    {
      "lang": "Maltese",
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    {
      "lang": "Classical Persian",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "بَقَر (baqar, “cattle”) + ـَة (-a) → بَقَرَة (baqara, “a cow”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "شَجَر (šajar, “trees”) + ـَة (-a) → شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "singulative#English"
        ],
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          "collective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with etymon",
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        },
        {
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        {
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "اِبْتِسَام (ibtisām, “smiling”) + ـَة (-a) → اِبْتِسَامَة (ibtisāma, “a smile”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "اِنْتِفَاض (intifāḍ, “rising up, shaking off”) + ـَة (-a) → اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “an uprising, an intifada”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Suffix used to form instance nouns (nomina vicis, referring to a single instance of an action) from verbal nouns."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "instance noun",
          "instance noun#English"
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          "verbal noun",
          "verbal noun#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy, “socialist”) + ـَة (-a) → اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (ištirākiyya, “socialism”)",
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        }
      ],
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        "Used to form abstract nouns from nisba adjectives in ـِيّ (-iyy). Alternatively, the combination of the two suffixes can be viewed as a single suffix ـِيَّة (-iyya)."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "abstract noun",
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        ],
        [
          "nisba",
          "nisba#English"
        ],
        [
          "ـِيّ",
          "ي#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ـِيَّة",
          "ية#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)”))."
      ],
      "id": "en-ة-ar-suffix-oZfV-wzK",
      "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"
        ],
        [
          "printer",
          "printer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ة-ar-suffix-9Kloxacp",
      "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/",
      "note": "Gulf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}
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    "Arabic letters",
    "Arabic noun-forming suffixes",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic script characters",
    "Arabic suffixes",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
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    "South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology texts",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology trees",
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    "South Levantine Arabic feminine suffixes",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic suffixes",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
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    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
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  "etymology_number": "1",
  "lang": "Arabic",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ة",
          "ة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ت",
          "ت#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ه",
          "ه#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ت",
          "ت#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taːʔ mar.buː.tˤa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with etymon",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic feminine suffixes",
    "Arabic inflectional suffixes",
    "Arabic informal terms",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic noun-forming suffixes",
    "Arabic suffixes",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Pages with etymon",
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    "South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology texts",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with etymology trees",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with etymon",
    "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 derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
      "lang_code": "afb",
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "ـة"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Classical Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-cls",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "ـَه"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "sem-pro:*-at-<id:feminine>",
        "id": "feminine"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Semitic\", \"term\" : \"*-at-\", \"lang\" : \"sem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Arabic\", \"term\" : \"ة\", \"lang\" : \"ar\" }\" data-id=\"feminine\" data-lang=\"ar\" data-title=\"ة\" id=\"Arabic:_feminine\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*-at-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *-at-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "afa-pro",
        "3": "*-t",
        "4": "*-t, *-Vt",
        "pos": "feminine suffix"
      },
      "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": [
        "Used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "بَقَر (baqar, “cattle”) + ـَة (-a) → بَقَرَة (baqara, “a cow”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "شَجَر (šajar, “trees”) + ـَة (-a) → شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form singulative nouns (referring to one item) from collective nouns (referring to a collection of items)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singulative",
          "singulative#English"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "اِبْتِسَام (ibtisām, “smiling”) + ـَة (-a) → اِبْتِسَامَة (ibtisāma, “a smile”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "اِنْتِفَاض (intifāḍ, “rising up, shaking off”) + ـَة (-a) → اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “an uprising, an intifada”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form instance nouns (nomina vicis, referring to a single instance of an action) from verbal nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instance noun",
          "instance noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "verbal noun",
          "verbal noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ar:instance noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "اِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ištirākiyy, “socialist”) + ـَة (-a) → اِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (ištirākiyya, “socialism”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form abstract nouns from nisba adjectives in ـِيّ (-iyy). 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"
        ],
        [
          "ـِيَّة",
          "ية#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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"
        ],
        [
          "printer",
          "printer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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/",
      "note": "Gulf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ة"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ة meaning in Arabic (8.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: no case",
  "path": [
    "ة"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "letter",
  "title": "ة",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: تَاء مَرْبُوطَة (tāʔ marbūṭa)",
  "path": [
    "ة"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "letter",
  "title": "ة",
  "trace": ""
}

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