أبنوس

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • آبِنُوس (ʔābinūs), يَابَنُوس (yābanūs) — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آبنوس (âbnus), Middle Persian ʾpnws (abnūs), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj (“ebony”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔab.nuːs/ and IPA(key): /ʔa.ba.nuːs/

Noun

أَبْنُوس or أَبَنُوس • (ʔabnūs or ʔabanūs) m

  1. ebony (Diospyros ebenum tree and wood)

Declension
Declension of noun أَبْنُوس (ʔabnūs)‎; أَبَنُوس (ʔabanūs)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَبْنُوس‎; أَبَنُوس
ʔabnūs‎; ʔabanūs		 الْأَبْنُوس‎; الْأَبَنُوس
al-ʔabnūs‎; al-ʔabanūs		 أَبْنُوس‎; أَبَنُوس
ʔabnūs‎; ʔabanūs
Nominative أَبْنُوسٌ‎; أَبَنُوسٌ
ʔabnūsun‎; ʔabanūsun		 الْأَبْنُوسُ‎; الْأَبَنُوسُ
al-ʔabnūsu‎; al-ʔabanūsu		 أَبْنُوسُ‎; أَبَنُوسُ
ʔabnūsu‎; ʔabanūsu
Accusative أَبْنُوسًا‎; أَبَنُوسًا
ʔabnūsan‎; ʔabanūsan		 الْأَبْنُوسَ‎; الْأَبَنُوسَ
al-ʔabnūsa‎; al-ʔabanūsa		 أَبْنُوسَ‎; أَبَنُوسَ
ʔabnūsa‎; ʔabanūsa
Genitive أَبْنُوسٍ‎; أَبَنُوسٍ
ʔabnūsin‎; ʔabanūsin		 الْأَبْنُوسِ‎; الْأَبَنُوسِ
al-ʔabnūsi‎; al-ʔabanūsi		 أَبْنُوسِ‎; أَبَنُوسِ
ʔabnūsi‎; ʔabanūsi

Descendants
  • → Catalan: banús
  • → Hebrew: יאבנוס, אבנוס (Medieval)
  • → Spanish: ebanuz
  • → Malay: abnus
  • → Swahili: abunusi

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أبنوس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 6
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أبنوس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 3
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