إسوة

Arabic

Root
ء س و (ʔ-s-w)

Alternative forms

• أُسْوَة (ʔuswa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.wa/

Noun

إِسْوَة • (ʔiswa) f (plural إِسًى (ʔisan))

1. (archaic) remedy, relief; consolation
2. (archaic) complement
3. a single action of imitation
4. simile, model, exemplar, what serves comparison

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْوَة (ʔiswa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْوَة ʔiswa	الْإِسْوَة al-ʔiswa	إِسْوَة ʔiswat
Nominative	إِسْوَةٌ ʔiswatun	الْإِسْوَةُ al-ʔiswatu	إِسْوَةُ ʔiswatu
Accusative	إِسْوَةً ʔiswatan	الْإِسْوَةَ al-ʔiswata	إِسْوَةَ ʔiswata
Genitive	إِسْوَةٍ ʔiswatin	الْإِسْوَةِ al-ʔiswati	إِسْوَةِ ʔiswati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْوَتَيْن ʔiswatayn	الْإِسْوَتَيْن al-ʔiswatayn	إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay
Nominative	إِسْوَتَانِ ʔiswatāni	الْإِسْوَتَانِ al-ʔiswatāni	إِسْوَتَا ʔiswatā
Accusative	إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni	الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni	إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay
Genitive	إِسْوَتَيْنِ ʔiswatayni	الْإِسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔiswatayni	إِسْوَتَيْ ʔiswatay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسَى ʔisā	الْإِسَى al-ʔisā	إِسَى ʔisā
Nominative	إِسًى ʔisan	الْإِسَى al-ʔisā	إِسَى ʔisā
Accusative	إِسًى ʔisan	الْإِسَى al-ʔisā	إِسَى ʔisā
Genitive	إِسًى ʔisan	الْإِسَى al-ʔisā	إِسَى ʔisā

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “إسوة”, 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 37
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “إسوة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 34