כותנה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ת־ן (k-t-n)
2 terms

Borrowed from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”), with the spelling being adjusted to Aramaic כִּתָּנָא (kitaná, “flax, linen”) and Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kutónet, “tunic”).

Pronunciation

Noun

כותנה / כֻּתְנָה • (kutná) f (plural indefinite כותנות / כֻּתְנוֹת, singular construct כותנת / כֻּתְנַת־, plural construct כותנות / כֻּתְנוֹת־) [pattern: קֻטְלָה]

  1. cotton

Declension

Declension of כֻּתְנָה
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite כֻּתְנָה first כֻּתְנָתִי כֻּתְנָתֵנוּ
definite הַכֻּתְנָה second כֻּתְנָתְךָ כֻּתְנָתֵךְ כֻּתְנַתְכֶם כֻּתְנַתְכֶן
construct כֻּתְנַת־ third כֻּתְנָתוֹ כֻּתְנָתָהּ כֻּתְנָתָם כֻּתְנָתָן
plural indefinite כֻּתְנוֹת first כתנותיי / כֻּתְנוֹתַי כֻּתְנוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַכֻּתְנוֹת second כֻּתְנוֹתֶיךָ כתנותייך / כֻּתְנוֹתַיִךְ כֻּתְנוֹתֵיכֶם כֻּתְנוֹתֵיכֶן
construct כֻּתְנוֹת־ third כֻּתְנוֹתָיו כֻּתְנוֹתֶיהָ כֻּתְנוֹתָם כֻּתְנוֹתָן

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “כֻּתְנָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 290a
  • “כותנה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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