طود
Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤawd/
Noun
طَوْد • (ṭawd) m (plural أَطْوَاد (ʔaṭwād))
- mountain
- 14th century AH, سَيِّد رِضَا الْهِنْدِي, اَلْقَصِيدَة الْكَوْثَرِيَّة:
- قَاسُوكَ أَبَا حَسَنٍ بِسِوَاكَ * وَهَلْ بِٱلطَّوْدِ يُقَاسُ الذَّرُّ
- qāsūka ʔabā ḥasanin bisiwāka * wahal biṭ-ṭawdi yuqāsu ḏ-ḏarr
- They measured you, Abu Ḥasan, against another/others * Is a speck of dust weighed against a grand mountain?
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَوْد ṭawd |
الطَّوْد aṭ-ṭawd |
طَوْد ṭawd |
| nominative | طَوْدٌ ṭawdun |
الطَّوْدُ aṭ-ṭawdu |
طَوْدُ ṭawdu |
| accusative | طَوْدًا ṭawdan |
الطَّوْدَ aṭ-ṭawda |
طَوْدَ ṭawda |
| genitive | طَوْدٍ ṭawdin |
الطَّوْدِ aṭ-ṭawdi |
طَوْدِ ṭawdi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | طَوْدَيْن ṭawdayn |
الطَّوْدَيْن aṭ-ṭawdayn |
طَوْدَيْ ṭawday |
| nominative | طَوْدَانِ ṭawdāni |
الطَّوْدَانِ aṭ-ṭawdāni |
طَوْدَا ṭawdā |
| accusative | طَوْدَيْنِ ṭawdayni |
الطَّوْدَيْنِ aṭ-ṭawdayni |
طَوْدَيْ ṭawday |
| genitive | طَوْدَيْنِ ṭawdayni |
الطَّوْدَيْنِ aṭ-ṭawdayni |
طَوْدَيْ ṭawday |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَطْوَاد ʔaṭwād |
الْأَطْوَاد al-ʔaṭwād |
أَطْوَاد ʔaṭwād |
| nominative | أَطْوَادٌ ʔaṭwādun |
الْأَطْوَادُ al-ʔaṭwādu |
أَطْوَادُ ʔaṭwādu |
| accusative | أَطْوَادًا ʔaṭwādan |
الْأَطْوَادَ al-ʔaṭwāda |
أَطْوَادَ ʔaṭwāda |
| genitive | أَطْوَادٍ ʔaṭwādin |
الْأَطْوَادِ al-ʔaṭwādi |
أَطْوَادِ ʔaṭwādi |
Derived terms
- اِنْطَادَ (inṭāda, “to move upwards into the air”)
- مُنْطَاد (munṭād, “balloon”)
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 828
- S̲h̲er, Addaï (1908) كتاب الالفاظ الفارسية المعرَّبة (in Arabic), Bayrūt: المطبعة الكاثوليكية للاباء اليسوعيين, page 114, connected to Classical Persian تود (tōd), توده (tōda, “heap, pile”).