أسطول

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔus.tˁuːl/

Noun

أُسْطُول‎ • (ʾusṭūl) f (plural أَسَاطِل‎ (ʾasāṭil))

fleet; squadron

Declension

Declension of noun أُسْطُول‎‎ (ʾusṭūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُول‎‎ ʾusṭūl	الْأُسْطُول‎‎ al-ʾusṭūl	أُسْطُول‎‎ ʾusṭūl
Nominative	أُسْطُول‎ٌ‎ ʾusṭūlun	الْأُسْطُول‎ُ‎ al-ʾusṭūlu	أُسْطُول‎ُ‎ ʾusṭūlu
Accusative	أُسْطُول‎ًا‎ ʾusṭūlan	الْأُسْطُول‎َ‎ al-ʾusṭūla	أُسْطُول‎َ‎ ʾusṭūla
Genitive	أُسْطُول‎ٍ‎ ʾusṭūlin	الْأُسْطُول‎ِ‎ al-ʾusṭūli	أُسْطُول‎ِ‎ ʾusṭūli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسْطُول‎َيْن‎ ʾusṭūlayn	الْأُسْطُول‎َيْن‎ al-ʾusṭūlayn	أُسْطُول‎َيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Nominative	أُسْطُول‎َانِ‎ ʾusṭūlāni	الْأُسْطُول‎َانِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlāni	أُسْطُول‎َا‎ ʾusṭūlā
Accusative	أُسْطُول‎َيْنِ‎ ʾusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُول‎َيْنِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlayni	أُسْطُول‎َيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Genitive	أُسْطُول‎َيْنِ‎ ʾusṭūlayni	الْأُسْطُول‎َيْنِ‎ al-ʾusṭūlayni	أُسْطُول‎َيْ‎ ʾusṭūlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَاطِل‎ ʾasāṭil	الْأَسَاطِل‎ al-ʾasāṭil	أَسَاطِل‎ ʾasāṭil
Nominative	أَسَاطِلُ‎ ʾasāṭilu	الْأَسَاطِلُ‎ al-ʾasāṭilu	أَسَاطِلُ‎ ʾasāṭilu
Accusative	أَسَاطِلَ‎ ʾasāṭila	الْأَسَاطِلَ‎ al-ʾasāṭila	أَسَاطِلَ‎ ʾasāṭila
Genitive	أَسَاطِلَ‎ ʾasāṭila	الْأَسَاطِلِ‎ al-ʾasāṭili	أَسَاطِلِ‎ ʾasāṭili

References

↑ 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".
↑ 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."

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[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."