قرطم
Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, “to cut off gently, to trim”), from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editقُرْطُم • (qurṭum) m
- distaff thistle (Carthamus gen. et spp.)
Declension
editDeclension of noun قُرْطُم (qurṭum)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قُرْطُم qurṭum |
الْقُرْطُم al-qurṭum |
قُرْطُم qurṭum |
Nominative | قُرْطُمٌ qurṭumun |
الْقُرْطُمُ al-qurṭumu |
قُرْطُمُ qurṭumu |
Accusative | قُرْطُمًا qurṭuman |
الْقُرْطُمَ al-qurṭuma |
قُرْطُمَ qurṭuma |
Genitive | قُرْطُمٍ qurṭumin |
الْقُرْطُمِ al-qurṭumi |
قُرْطُمِ qurṭumi |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Löw, Immanuel (1922) “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114
Further reading
edit- قرطم on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- “qrṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–