أثاث

See also: اثاث

Arabic

Root
ء ث ث (ʔ ṯ ṯ)
2 terms

Etymology

Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou thinks this is borrowed from Egyptian ꜣṯt (“bed”). This view is amenable since all other terms in the root can be understood as being secondary to the present noun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa.θaːθ/
Rhymes: -aːθ

Noun

أَثَاث • (ʔaṯāṯ) m (plural أُثُث (ʔuṯuṯ))

(usually uncountable) furniture
(usually uncountable) equipment

Declension

Declension of noun **أَثَاث** (ʔaṯāṯ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَثَاث ʔaṯāṯ	الْأَثَاث al-ʔaṯāṯ	أَثَاث ʔaṯāṯ
nominative	أَثَاثٌ ʔaṯāṯun	الْأَثَاثُ al-ʔaṯāṯu	أَثَاثُ ʔaṯāṯu
accusative	أَثَاثًا ʔaṯāṯan	الْأَثَاثَ al-ʔaṯāṯa	أَثَاثَ ʔaṯāṯa
genitive	أَثَاثٍ ʔaṯāṯin	الْأَثَاثِ al-ʔaṯāṯi	أَثَاثِ ʔaṯāṯi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَثَاثَيْن ʔaṯāṯayn	الْأَثَاثَيْن al-ʔaṯāṯayn	أَثَاثَيْ ʔaṯāṯay
nominative	أَثَاثَانِ ʔaṯāṯāni	الْأَثَاثَانِ al-ʔaṯāṯāni	أَثَاثَا ʔaṯāṯā
accusative	أَثَاثَيْنِ ʔaṯāṯayni	الْأَثَاثَيْنِ al-ʔaṯāṯayni	أَثَاثَيْ ʔaṯāṯay
genitive	أَثَاثَيْنِ ʔaṯāṯayni	الْأَثَاثَيْنِ al-ʔaṯāṯayni	أَثَاثَيْ ʔaṯāṯay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أُثُث ʔuṯuṯ	الْأُثُث al-ʔuṯuṯ	أُثُث ʔuṯuṯ
nominative	أُثُثٌ ʔuṯuṯun	الْأُثُثُ al-ʔuṯuṯu	أُثُثُ ʔuṯuṯu
accusative	أُثُثًا ʔuṯuṯan	الْأُثُثَ al-ʔuṯuṯa	أُثُثَ ʔuṯuṯa
genitive	أُثُثٍ ʔuṯuṯin	الْأُثُثِ al-ʔuṯuṯi	أُثُثِ ʔuṯuṯi

Derived terms

خُنْفُسَاء الْأَثَاثِ (ḵunfusāʔ al-ʔaṯāṯi)

Related terms

أَثَاثَة (ʔaṯāṯa)

Descendants

→ Persian: اثاث (asâs)
- → Urdu: اَثاث (asās)

References

Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11
Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 4

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

أتات

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَثَاث (ʔaṯāṯ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa.θaːθ/, [ʔaˈθæːθ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

أثاث • (ʔaṯāṯ) m

furniture
Synonyms: عفش (ʕafš), مفروشات (mafrūšāt), موبليا (mubilya)