يقطين
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Inconspicuous, of a rare pattern yaFʿīL – otherwise found only in يَعْضِيد (yaʕḍīd, “Launaea mucronata”) and يَعْقِيد (yaʕqīd, “thickened honey”) – but connected to the root ق ط ن (q-ṭ-n), so perhaps from a Semitic substrate.
Noun edit
يَقْطِين • (yaqṭīn) m (singulative يَقْطِينَة (yaqṭīna))
- a variety of squash or gourd
- pumpkin
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:146:
- وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْطِينٍ
- waʔanbatnā ʕalayhi šajaratan min yaqṭīnin
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- pumpkin
Declension edit
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 |
References edit
- “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 June 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 Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic يَقْطِين (yaqṭīn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
يَقْطين • (yagṭīn) m (collective, singulative يَقْطينة f (yagṭīna), plural يَقْطينات (yagṭīnāt))