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أفعى
أفعى
Arabic
Noun
أَفْعًى • (ʾafʿan) m (construct state أَفْعَى (ʾafʿā), plural أَفَاعٍ (ʾafāʿin), plural construct state أَفَاعِي (ʾafāʿī))
Declension
Declension of noun أَفْعًى (ʾafʿan)
| Singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
| Nominative | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
| Accusative | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
| Genitive | أَفْعًى ʾafʿan |
الْأَفْعَى al-ʾafʿā |
أَفْعَى ʾafʿā |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أَفْعَيَيْن ʾafʿayayn |
الْأَفْعَيَيْن al-ʾafʿayayn |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
| Nominative | أَفْعَيَانِ ʾafʿayāni |
الْأَفْعَيَانِ al-ʾafʿayāni |
أَفْعَيَا ʾafʿayā |
| Accusative | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʾafʿayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʾafʿayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
| Genitive | أَفْعَيَيْنِ ʾafʿayayni |
الْأَفْعَيَيْنِ al-ʾafʿayayni |
أَفْعَيَيْ ʾafʿayay |
| Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
| Nominative | أَفَاعٍ ʾafāʿin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
| Accusative | أَفَاعِيَ ʾafāʿiya |
الْأَفَاعِيَ al-ʾafāʿiya |
أَفَاعِيَ ʾafāʿiya |
| Genitive | أَفَاعٍ ʾafāʿin |
الْأَفَاعِي al-ʾafāʿī |
أَفَاعِي ʾafāʿī |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أفعى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen