أبنوس

Arabic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبْنُوس (ābnūs), Middle Persian ʾpnws (abnūs), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj (“ebony”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔab.nuːs/, /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[1] (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[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 3
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