أسطول

Arabic

Etymology

An old borrowing of Ancient Greek στόλος (stólos).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔus.tˤuːl/

Noun

أُسْطُول • (ʔusṭūl) m (plural أَسَاطِيلُ (ʔasāṭīlu))

  1. fleet; squadron

Declension
Declension of noun أُسْطُول (ʔusṭūl)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُسْطُول
ʔusṭūl		 الْأُسْطُول
al-ʔusṭūl		 أُسْطُول
ʔusṭūl
Nominative أُسْطُولٌ
ʔusṭūlun		 الْأُسْطُولُ
al-ʔusṭūlu		 أُسْطُولُ
ʔusṭūlu
Accusative أُسْطُولًا
ʔusṭūlan		 الْأُسْطُولَ
al-ʔusṭūla		 أُسْطُولَ
ʔusṭūla
Genitive أُسْطُولٍ
ʔusṭūlin		 الْأُسْطُولِ
al-ʔusṭūli		 أُسْطُولِ
ʔusṭūli
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُسْطُولَيْن
ʔusṭūlayn		 الْأُسْطُولَيْن
al-ʔusṭūlayn		 أُسْطُولَيْ
ʔusṭūlay
Nominative أُسْطُولَانِ
ʔusṭūlāni		 الْأُسْطُولَانِ
al-ʔusṭūlāni		 أُسْطُولَا
ʔusṭūlā
Accusative أُسْطُولَيْنِ
ʔusṭūlayni		 الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ
al-ʔusṭūlayni		 أُسْطُولَيْ
ʔusṭūlay
Genitive أُسْطُولَيْنِ
ʔusṭūlayni		 الْأُسْطُولَيْنِ
al-ʔusṭūlayni		 أُسْطُولَيْ
ʔusṭūlay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَسَاطِيل
ʔasāṭīl		 الْأَسَاطِيل
al-ʔasāṭīl		 أَسَاطِيل
ʔasāṭīl
Nominative أَسَاطِيلُ
ʔasāṭīlu		 الْأَسَاطِيلُ
al-ʔasāṭīlu		 أَسَاطِيلُ
ʔasāṭīlu
Accusative أَسَاطِيلَ
ʔasāṭīla		 الْأَسَاطِيلَ
al-ʔasāṭīla		 أَسَاطِيلَ
ʔasāṭīla
Genitive أَسَاطِيلَ
ʔasāṭīla		 الْأَسَاطِيلِ
al-ʔasāṭīli		 أَسَاطِيلِ
ʔasāṭīli

References
  1. Shelomo Dov Goitein, A Mediterranean Society: volume I (1967): "usṭūl [...] is derived from Greek stolos, 'fleet,' but designated in the Arabic of that period [the 1000s] a heavy warship"; and Studies in Islamic History and Institutions (1968): "the word usṭūl, which is, of course, the Greek stolos ('fleet'), but designates in the Arabic of that period one heavy warship".
  2. Manwel Mifsud, Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study (1995): ""Ar[abic] has borrowed about 700 words from Greek [...]. Some (like [...] /ʾusṭūl/ 'fleet' < Gr στόλος) are of very old origin."

Further reading
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أسطول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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