/ʕusˤ.fuːr/
OriginFrom Proto-Semitic *ṣapir- (“small bird”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *c̣ipar- (“small bird; guinea fowl”); variant form of صَافِر (ṣāfir, “small bird”), the عُـ (ʕu-) perhaps derives from a conflation with another closely related root Proto-Semitic *ʕVṣṣūr- (“bird”). Compare Hebrew ציפור (ṣippōr), Aramaic צִפְּרָא (ṣippərā), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎔𐎗 (ṣpr), and Akkadian 𒄷 (iṣṣūrum).
Formsعُصْفُور(canonical, masculine) · ʕuṣfūr(romanization) · عَصَافِير(plural) · عُصْفُور(indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُور(definite, informal, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُور(construct, informal, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورٌ(indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُورُ(definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورُ(construct, nominative, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورًا(accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُورَ(accusative, definite, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورَ(accusative, construct, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورٍ(genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُورِ(definite, genitive, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورِ(construct, genitive, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورَيْن(dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُورَيْن(definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورَيْ(construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · عُصْفُورَانِ(dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْعُصْفُورَانِ(definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote)
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