كستناء

Arabic

كَسْتَنَاء

Alternative forms

• كَسْتَانِيَة (kastāniya), كَسْتَنَا (kastanā), قَسْطَن (qasṭan), قَسْطَل (qasṭal), قَصْطَل (qaṣṭal)

Etymology

In some variants borrowed from Classical Syriac ܩܣܛܢܝܐ (qasṭāniyā) from Ancient Greek κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia), in others directly from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).

Noun

كَسْتَنَاء • (kastanāʔ) f

1. chestnut (Castanea gen. et spp. and Aesculus spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun كَسْتَنَاء (kastanāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَسْتَنَاء kastanāʔ	الْكَسْتَنَاء al-kastanāʔ	كَسْتَنَاء kastanāʔ
Nominative	كَسْتَنَاءُ kastanāʔu	الْكَسْتَنَاءُ al-kastanāʔu	كَسْتَنَاءُ kastanāʔu
Accusative	كَسْتَنَاءَ kastanāʔa	الْكَسْتَنَاءَ al-kastanāʔa	كَسْتَنَاءَ kastanāʔa
Genitive	كَسْتَنَاءَ kastanāʔa	الْكَسْتَنَاءِ al-kastanāʔi	كَسْتَنَاءِ kastanāʔi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: كستنا (kastana)
• Hijazi Arabic: كَسْتَنَا (kastana)
• Maltese: qastan

References

• “qsṭnyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قَسْطَن, قَسْطَل, قَصْطَل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 345
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كَسْتَانِيَة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 464
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قَسْطَل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 443
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 612–615
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قَسْطَل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1024