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كُرْسِيّ
chair /ˈkur.sijj/
nounA2#1393 most common
Also: seat, post (figurative position of power), throne or footstool (in Quranic usage)
Example sentences
هٰذا كُرْسِيٌّ.
This is a chair.
الكُرْسِيُّ في الغُرْفةِ.
The chair is in the room.
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، اِجْلِسْ عَلى الكُرْسِيِّ.
Please, sit on the chair.
اِشْتَرَيْنا كَراسِيَّ جَديدةً لِغُرْفةِ الطَّعام.
We bought new chairs for the dining room.
يَطْمَحُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ السِّياسِيِّينَ إِلى كُرْسِيِّ الرِّئاسة.
Many politicians aspire to the seat of the presidency.
حَصَلَتْ على كُرْسِيٍّ أُستاذِيٍّ في جامِعةٍ عَريقةٍ بَعدَ مَسيرةٍ بَحْثِيّةٍ طَويلة.
She obtained a professorial chair at a prestigious university after a long research career.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كُرْسِيٌّ | كَراسِيُّ |
| Genitive | كُرْسِيٍّ | كَراسِيَّ |
| Accusative | كُرْسِيًّا | كَراسِيَّ |
| Vocative | يا كُرْسِيُّ | يا كَراسِيُّ |
Word family
كَراسِيّchairs (plural)
كُرْسِيّ هَزّازrocking chair
كَرَّسَto dedicate, devote
كُرَّاسةnotebook, booklet
Etymology
كُرْسِيّ is a Semitic word, not a native Arabic coinage. It traces back to Akkadian kussû, meaning chair or throne, and reached Arabic through Aramaic kursyā. The same source gives Hebrew kissēʾ, throne.
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