كرسنة

Arabic

كِرْسَنَّة

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּרְשִׁינָא (karšinnā) or Hebrew כַּרְשִׁינָה (karšīna). That is explained as from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, “black”) and so this is a doublet of كُشْنَى (kušnā, “Vicia palaestina”), which comes via Classical Syriac ܟܘܫܢܐ (kūšnā), also in Akkadian 𒄘𒃻𒄯𒊏 (/⁠kiššanu⁠/), or instead as from Classical Syriac ܟܱܪܣܴܢܳܐ (karsānā, karsannā, “ventrose”) (to Proto-Semitic *kariś- (“paunch”)) because of flatulence of the belly one has when eating from this plant.

Akin to Old Armenian քրսամն (kʻrsamn), Armenian քուռուշնա (kʻuṙušna), Azerbaijani kürüşnə, kürişnə.

Noun

كَرْسَنَّة or كِرْسَنَّة or كِرْسِنَّة or كِرْسَنَة or كَرْسَنَة • (karsanna or kirsanna or kirsinna or kirsana or karsana) f

1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

Declension

Declension of noun كَرْسَنَّة (karsanna)‎; كِرْسَنَّة (kirsanna)‎; كِرْسِنَّة (kirsinna)‎; كِرْسَنَة (kirsana)‎; كَرْسَنَة (karsana)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَرْسَنَّة‎; كِرْسَنَّة‎; كِرْسِنَّة‎; كِرْسَنَة‎; كَرْسَنَة karsanna‎; kirsanna‎; kirsinna‎; kirsana‎; karsana	الْكَرْسَنَّة‎; الْكِرْسَنَّة‎; الْكِرْسِنَّة‎; الْكِرْسَنَة‎; الْكَرْسَنَة al-karsanna‎; al-kirsanna‎; al-kirsinna‎; al-kirsana‎; al-karsana	كَرْسَنَّة‎; كِرْسَنَّة‎; كِرْسِنَّة‎; كِرْسَنَة‎; كَرْسَنَة karsannat‎; kirsannat‎; kirsinnat‎; kirsanat‎; karsanat
Nominative	كَرْسَنَّةٌ‎; كِرْسَنَّةٌ‎; كِرْسِنَّةٌ‎; كِرْسَنَةٌ‎; كَرْسَنَةٌ karsannatun‎; kirsannatun‎; kirsinnatun‎; kirsanatun‎; karsanatun	الْكَرْسَنَّةُ‎; الْكِرْسَنَّةُ‎; الْكِرْسِنَّةُ‎; الْكِرْسَنَةُ‎; الْكَرْسَنَةُ al-karsannatu‎; al-kirsannatu‎; al-kirsinnatu‎; al-kirsanatu‎; al-karsanatu	كَرْسَنَّةُ‎; كِرْسَنَّةُ‎; كِرْسِنَّةُ‎; كِرْسَنَةُ‎; كَرْسَنَةُ karsannatu‎; kirsannatu‎; kirsinnatu‎; kirsanatu‎; karsanatu
Accusative	كَرْسَنَّةً‎; كِرْسَنَّةً‎; كِرْسِنَّةً‎; كِرْسَنَةً‎; كَرْسَنَةً karsannatan‎; kirsannatan‎; kirsinnatan‎; kirsanatan‎; karsanatan	الْكَرْسَنَّةَ‎; الْكِرْسَنَّةَ‎; الْكِرْسِنَّةَ‎; الْكِرْسَنَةَ‎; الْكَرْسَنَةَ al-karsannata‎; al-kirsannata‎; al-kirsinnata‎; al-kirsanata‎; al-karsanata	كَرْسَنَّةَ‎; كِرْسَنَّةَ‎; كِرْسِنَّةَ‎; كِرْسَنَةَ‎; كَرْسَنَةَ karsannata‎; kirsannata‎; kirsinnata‎; kirsanata‎; karsanata
Genitive	كَرْسَنَّةٍ‎; كِرْسَنَّةٍ‎; كِرْسِنَّةٍ‎; كِرْسَنَةٍ‎; كَرْسَنَةٍ karsannatin‎; kirsannatin‎; kirsinnatin‎; kirsanatin‎; karsanatin	الْكَرْسَنَّةِ‎; الْكِرْسَنَّةِ‎; الْكِرْسِنَّةِ‎; الْكِرْسَنَةِ‎; الْكَرْسَنَةِ al-karsannati‎; al-kirsannati‎; al-kirsinnati‎; al-kirsanati‎; al-karsanati	كَرْسَنَّةِ‎; كِرْسَنَّةِ‎; كِرْسِنَّةِ‎; كِرْسَنَةِ‎; كَرْسَنَةِ karsannati‎; kirsannati‎; kirsinnati‎; kirsanati‎; karsanati

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1099
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كرسنة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 456
• Levey, Martin (1973) Early Arabic Pharmacology. An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources, Leiden: Brill, page 59
• Löw, Immanuel (1916) “Erwe und Wicke”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[2] (in German), volume 30, pages 171–183, especially page 175 where a letter of Theodor Nöldeke from the 13th of Dec. 1914 is quoted about the etymology.