يقطين
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inconspicuous, of a rare pattern yaKLīM – otherwise found only in يَعْضِيد (yaʿḍīd, “Launaea mucronata”) and يَعْقِيد (yaʿqīd, “thickened honey”) – but connected to the root ق ط ن (q-ṭ-n), so perhaps from a Semitic substrate.
NounEdit
يَقْطِين • (yaqṭīn) m (singulative يَقْطِينَة (yaqṭīna))
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun يَقْطِين (yaqṭīn)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | يَقْطِين yaqṭīn |
الْيَقْطِين al-yaqṭīn |
يَقْطِين yaqṭīn |
| Nominative | يَقْطِينٌ yaqṭīnun |
الْيَقْطِينُ al-yaqṭīnu |
يَقْطِينُ yaqṭīnu |
| Accusative | يَقْطِينًا yaqṭīnan |
الْيَقْطِينَ al-yaqṭīna |
يَقْطِينَ yaqṭīna |
| Genitive | يَقْطِينٍ yaqṭīnin |
الْيَقْطِينِ al-yaqṭīni |
يَقْطِينِ yaqṭīni |
ReferencesEdit
- “يقطين” in Almaany
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 292
- “Yaqṭīn as substratum vocabulary?”, in Jabal al-Lughat[1], 2018-06-26
- Wehr, Hans (1979) , “يقطين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 912
Hijazi ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic يَقْطِين (yaqṭīn).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
يَقْطين • (yagṭīn) m pl (singular يَقْطينة (yagṭīna), feminine plural يَقْطينات (yagṭīnāt))