عرس

Arabic

Root
ع ر س (ʕ r s)
4 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕurs/

Noun

عُرْس • (ʕurs) m (plural أَعْرَاس (ʔaʕrās))

1. wedding
2. marriage
3. marriage feast

Declension

Declension of noun عُرْس (ʕurs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُرْس ʕurs	الْعُرْس al-ʕurs	عُرْس ʕurs
Nominative	عُرْسٌ ʕursun	الْعُرْسُ al-ʕursu	عُرْسُ ʕursu
Accusative	عُرْسًا ʕursan	الْعُرْسَ al-ʕursa	عُرْسَ ʕursa
Genitive	عُرْسٍ ʕursin	الْعُرْسِ al-ʕursi	عُرْسِ ʕursi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُرْسَيْن ʕursayn	الْعُرْسَيْن al-ʕursayn	عُرْسَيْ ʕursay
Nominative	عُرْسَانِ ʕursāni	الْعُرْسَانِ al-ʕursāni	عُرْسَا ʕursā
Accusative	عُرْسَيْنِ ʕursayni	الْعُرْسَيْنِ al-ʕursayni	عُرْسَيْ ʕursay
Genitive	عُرْسَيْنِ ʕursayni	الْعُرْسَيْنِ al-ʕursayni	عُرْسَيْ ʕursay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās	الْأَعْرَاس al-ʔaʕrās	أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās
Nominative	أَعْرَاسٌ ʔaʕrāsun	الْأَعْرَاسُ al-ʔaʕrāsu	أَعْرَاسُ ʔaʕrāsu
Accusative	أَعْرَاسًا ʔaʕrāsan	الْأَعْرَاسَ al-ʔaʕrāsa	أَعْرَاسَ ʔaʕrāsa
Genitive	أَعْرَاسٍ ʔaʕrāsin	الْأَعْرَاسِ al-ʔaʕrāsi	أَعْرَاسِ ʔaʕrāsi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: عرس (ʕirs, “wedding”)
• Moroccan Arabic: عرس (ʕurs)
• → Swahili: harusi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕirs/

Noun

عِرْس • (ʕirs) m or f by sense (plural أَعْرَاس (ʔaʕrās))

1. spouse; husband or wife

   عِرْسَانِ ― ʕirsāni ― husband and wife

Declension

Declension of noun عِرْس (ʕirs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِرْس ʕirs	الْعِرْس al-ʕirs	عِرْس ʕirs
Nominative	عِرْسٌ ʕirsun	الْعِرْسُ al-ʕirsu	عِرْسُ ʕirsu
Accusative	عِرْسًا ʕirsan	الْعِرْسَ al-ʕirsa	عِرْسَ ʕirsa
Genitive	عِرْسٍ ʕirsin	الْعِرْسِ al-ʕirsi	عِرْسِ ʕirsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِرْسَيْن ʕirsayn	الْعِرْسَيْن al-ʕirsayn	عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay
Nominative	عِرْسَانِ ʕirsāni	الْعِرْسَانِ al-ʕirsāni	عِرْسَا ʕirsā
Accusative	عِرْسَيْنِ ʕirsayni	الْعِرْسَيْنِ al-ʕirsayni	عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay
Genitive	عِرْسَيْنِ ʕirsayni	الْعِرْسَيْنِ al-ʕirsayni	عِرْسَيْ ʕirsay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās	الْأَعْرَاس al-ʔaʕrās	أَعْرَاس ʔaʕrās
Nominative	أَعْرَاسٌ ʔaʕrāsun	الْأَعْرَاسُ al-ʔaʕrāsu	أَعْرَاسُ ʔaʕrāsu
Accusative	أَعْرَاسًا ʔaʕrāsan	الْأَعْرَاسَ al-ʔaʕrāsa	أَعْرَاسَ ʔaʕrāsa
Genitive	أَعْرَاسٍ ʔaʕrāsin	الْأَعْرَاسِ al-ʔaʕrāsi	أَعْرَاسِ ʔaʕrāsi

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.rus/

Noun

عُرُس • (ʕurus) pl

1. plural of عَرُوس (ʕarūs)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ع ر س
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic عُرْس (ʕurs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕurs/

Noun

عرس • (ʕurs) m (plural عراسات (ʕrāsāt))

1. marriage
2. wedding
3. marriage feast

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَرَّسَ (ʕarrasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕar.ras/

Verb

عرس • (ʕarras) II (non-past يعرس (yʕarras))

1. to marry
2. to hold a marriage feast

Conjugation

Conjugation of عرس
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	عرّست (ʕarrast)	عرّستي (ʕarrasti)	عرّس (ʕarras)		عرّسنا (ʕarrasna)	عرّستوا (ʕarrastu)	عرّسوا (ʕarrsu)
	f			عرّست (ʕarrsāt)
non-past	m	نعرّس (nʕarras)	تعرّس (tʕarras)	يعرّس (yʕarras)		نعرّسوا (nʕarrsu)	تعرّسوا (tʕarrsu)	يعرّسوا (yʕarrsu)
	f		تعرّسي (tʕarrsi)	تعرّس (tʕarras)
imperative	m		عرّس (ʕarras)				عرّسوا (ʕarrsu)
	f		عرّسي (ʕarrsi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْس (ʕirs, “spouse, consort”).

Noun

عرس • (ʼırs) (plural اعراس (eʼras))

1. spouse, consort, a person in a marriage or marital relationship

   Synonyms: اش (eş), زوج (zevc)

Descendants

• Turkish: ırs

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ırs”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2050
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ırs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 472
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3243
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1293

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عُرْس (ʕurs, “wedding, marriage”).

Noun

عرس • (ʼurs)

1. wedding, nuptials, the ceremony that marks the beginning of a marriage

   Synonyms: دوگون (düğün), سور (sur)

Descendants

• Turkish: urs

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “urs”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4993
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “urs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[4] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1349
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nuptiæ”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[5], Vienna, column 1162
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 3243
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1293

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر س
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عُرْس (ʕurs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕurs/, [ˈʕo.r(o)s]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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Noun

عرس • (ʕurs) m (plural أعراس (ʔaʕrās) or عراس (ʕrās))

1. wedding

See also

• عروس (ʕarūs, “bride”)
• عريس (ʕarīs, “groom”)