عبوس

Arabic

Noun

عُبُوس • (ʕubūs) m

verbal noun of عَبَسَ‎ (ʕabasa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun عُبُوس‎ (ʕubūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُبُوس‎ ʕubūs	الْعُبُوس‎ al-ʕubūs	عُبُوس‎ ʕubūs
Nominative	عُبُوسٌ‎ ʕubūsun	الْعُبُوسُ‎ al-ʕubūsu	عُبُوسُ‎ ʕubūsu
Accusative	عُبُوسًا‎ ʕubūsan	الْعُبُوسَ‎ al-ʕubūsa	عُبُوسَ‎ ʕubūsa
Genitive	عُبُوسٍ‎ ʕubūsin	الْعُبُوسِ‎ al-ʕubūsi	عُبُوسِ‎ ʕubūsi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبُوس‎ (ʕabūs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈβuːs]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.búːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.búːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.bús]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.búːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.bús]

Readings
Classical reading^?	aḇūs
Dari reading^?	abūs
Iranian reading^?	abus
Tajik reading^?	abus

Adjective

عبوس • (abus)

morose; grim; austere
Synonym: ترشرو‎ (toršru)
- 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “فتح باغ”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎:
  ‏همه میدانند
  که من و تو از آن روزنهٔ سرد عبوس
  باغ را دیدیم
  و از آن شاخهٔ بازیگر دور از دست
  سیب را چیدیم‎
  hame mi-dânand
  ke man o to az ân rowzane-ye sard-e abus
  bâğ râ didam
  va az ân šâxe-ye bâzigar-e dur az dast
  sib râ čidam
  everyone knows
  that you and I saw the garden
  out of that cold, grim peephole
  and that we plucked the apple
  from that playful branch far from our hands

Derived terms

عبوسی‎ (abusi, “grimness”)

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