دستة

See also: دسته

Arabic

Etymology

From Yemeni Arabic and Egyptian Arabic of Cairo – in Alexandria and Libya one has دَزِّينَة (dazzīna, “dozen”), in the Gulf, Mekka and Aden دَرْزَن (darzan) –, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish دسته (deste), from Persian دسته (dasta). Doublet of دَسْتَج (dastaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /das.ta/

Noun

دَسْتَة • (dasta) f (plural دَسْتَات (dastāt) or دِسَت (disat))

1. dozen

Declension

Declension of noun دَسْتَة (dasta)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسْتَة dasta	الدَّسْتَة ad-dasta	دَسْتَة dastat
Nominative	دَسْتَةٌ dastatun	الدَّسْتَةُ ad-dastatu	دَسْتَةُ dastatu
Accusative	دَسْتَةً dastatan	الدَّسْتَةَ ad-dastata	دَسْتَةَ dastata
Genitive	دَسْتَةٍ dastatin	الدَّسْتَةِ ad-dastati	دَسْتَةِ dastati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسْتَتَيْن dastatayn	الدَّسْتَتَيْن ad-dastatayn	دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay
Nominative	دَسْتَتَانِ dastatāni	الدَّسْتَتَانِ ad-dastatāni	دَسْتَتَا dastatā
Accusative	دَسْتَتَيْنِ dastatayni	الدَّسْتَتَيْنِ ad-dastatayni	دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay
Genitive	دَسْتَتَيْنِ dastatayni	الدَّسْتَتَيْنِ ad-dastatayni	دَسْتَتَيْ dastatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسْتَات‎; دِسَت dastāt‎; disat	الدَّسْتَات‎; الدِّسَت ad-dastāt‎; ad-disat	دَسْتَات‎; دِسَت dastāt‎; disat
Nominative	دَسْتَاتٌ‎; دِسَتٌ dastātun‎; disatun	الدَّسْتَاتُ‎; الدِّسَتُ ad-dastātu‎; ad-disatu	دَسْتَاتُ‎; دِسَتُ dastātu‎; disatu
Accusative	دَسْتَاتٍ‎; دِسَتًا dastātin‎; disatan	الدَّسْتَاتِ‎; الدِّسَتَ ad-dastāti‎; ad-disata	دَسْتَاتِ‎; دِسَتَ dastāti‎; disata
Genitive	دَسْتَاتٍ‎; دِسَتٍ dastātin‎; disatin	الدَّسْتَاتِ‎; الدِّسَتِ ad-dastāti‎; ad-disati	دَسْتَاتِ‎; دِسَتِ dastāti‎; disati