كناب
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the root ك ن ب (k-n-b). Since this is not a well-known root, apparently a dissimilation of كِمَام (kimām) or كِنَان (kinān) or another formation of either roots, and other forms within the root are denominal from the designation of this plant-part.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كِنَاب • (kināb) m
Declension edit
Declension of noun كِنَاب (kināb)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كِنَاب kināb |
الْكِنَاب al-kināb |
كِنَاب kināb |
| Nominative | كِنَابٌ kinābun |
الْكِنَابُ al-kinābu |
كِنَابُ kinābu |
| Accusative | كِنَابًا kināban |
الْكِنَابَ al-kināba |
كِنَابَ kināba |
| Genitive | كِنَابٍ kinābin |
الْكِنَابِ al-kinābi |
كِنَابِ kinābi |
References edit
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “كناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 62a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 933b
- Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 92