Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ق ط ف (q-ṭ-f), from Proto-Semitic *qaṭap-. Compare Aramaic קְטַף / ܩܛܲܦ (qṭap̄), Hebrew קָטַף (qāṭáp̄), Akkadian 𒋡𒋫𒁍 (qa-ta-pu /⁠qatāpu⁠/). The saltbush name must be from Classical Syriac ܩܲܛܦܵܐ (qaṭəp̄ā), ܩܛܵܦܵܐ (qəṭāp̄ā, saltbush),[1][2] for it mirrors its vocalization.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /qa.tˤa.fa/
  • (file)

Verb edit

قَطَفَ (qaṭafa) I, non-past يَقْطِفُ‎ (yaqṭifu)

  1. to pluck, to pick, to reap

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

قَطَّفَ (qaṭṭafa) II, non-past يُقَطِّفُ‎ (yuqaṭṭifu)

  1. (uncommon) to pluck off, to reap off, to prune

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

قَطْف (qaṭfm

  1. verbal noun of قَطَفَ (qaṭafa) (form I)

Declension edit

Noun edit

قِطْف (qiṭfm (plural قُطُوف (quṭūf))

  1. bunch of what is plucked, cluster

Declension edit

 
قَطَفAtriplex hortensis

Noun edit

قَطَف (qaṭafm

  1. saltbush (Atriplex gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: رُغْل (ruḡl), سَرْمَق (sarmaq), قَطَاف (qaṭāf)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 282
  2. ^ Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 661a

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ط ف
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic قَطَفَ (qaṭafa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قطف (gaṭaf) I (non-past يِقْطُف (yigṭuf))

  1. to pluck, to pick, to reap
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قطف (gaṭaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قطفت (gaṭaft) قطفت (gaṭaft) قطف (gaṭaf) قطفنا (gaṭafna) قطفتوا (gaṭaftu) قطفوا (gaṭafu)
f قطفتي (gaṭafti) قطفت (gaṭafat)
non-past m أقطف (ʔagṭuf) تقطف (tigṭuf) يقطف (yigṭuf) نقطف (nigṭuf) تقطفوا (tigṭufu) يقطفوا (yigṭufu)
f تقطفي (tigṭufi) تقطف (tigṭuf)
imperative m اقطف (agṭuf) اقطفوا (agṭufu)
f اقطفي (agṭufi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قَطَّفَ (qaṭṭafa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قطف (gaṭṭaf) II (non-past يِقَطِّف (yigaṭṭif))

  1. to pluck off, to reap off, to prune
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قطف (gaṭṭaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قطفت (gaṭṭaft) قطفت (gaṭṭaft) قطف (gaṭṭaf) قطفنا (gaṭṭafna) قطفتوا (gaṭṭaftu) قطفوا (gaṭṭafu)
f قطفتي (gaṭṭafti) قطفت (gaṭṭafat)
non-past m أقطف (ʔagaṭṭif) تقطف (tigaṭṭif) يقطف (yigaṭṭif) نقطف (nigaṭṭif) تقطفوا (tigaṭṭifu) يقطفوا (yigaṭṭifu)
f تقطفي (tigaṭṭifi) تقطف (tigaṭṭif)
imperative m قطف (gaṭṭif) قطفوا (gaṭṭifu)
f قطفي (gaṭṭifi)

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic قَطْف (qaṭf).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قطف (gaṭfm

  1. plucking, reaping