قذة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ق ذ ذ (q ḏ ḏ) meaning “to trim strips”, “to clip feathers into strips”, a variant of the interrelated root ق د د (q d d) also denoting “cutting”; see also قِدْح (qidḥ, “a gaming arrow, a strip of pared wood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /quð.ða/
Noun
قُذَّة • (quḏḏa) f (plural قُذَذ (quḏaḏ) or قِذَاذ (qiḏāḏ))
- fletching (the vaned end of an arrow)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 61:117:
- يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَٱلدَّمَ.
- yaqraʔūna l-qurʔāna lā yujāwizu tarāqiya-hum, yamruqūna mina d-dīni kamā yamruqu s-sahmu mina r-ramiyyati, yunẓaru ʔilā naṣli-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā riṣāfi-hī fa-mā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā naḍiyyi-hī - wa-huwa qidḥu-hū - fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā quḏaḏi-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, qad sabaqa l-farṯa wa-d-dama.
- They recite the Qurʾān but it does not go beyond their clavicles and they will desert the creed as an arrow goes through a target’s body, so one would, on looking at the arrow’s blade, see nothing on it; then one would look at its sinew and see nothing, then one would look at its arrowshaft and see nothing, then one would look at its fletching and would see nothing, for the arrow, by its speed, has even obviated entrails and blood.
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُذَّة quḏḏa |
الْقُذَّة al-quḏḏa |
قُذَّة quḏḏat |
| nominative | قُذَّةٌ quḏḏatun |
الْقُذَّةُ al-quḏḏatu |
قُذَّةُ quḏḏatu |
| accusative | قُذَّةً quḏḏatan |
الْقُذَّةَ al-quḏḏata |
قُذَّةَ quḏḏata |
| genitive | قُذَّةٍ quḏḏatin |
الْقُذَّةِ al-quḏḏati |
قُذَّةِ quḏḏati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قُذَّتَيْن quḏḏatayn |
الْقُذَّتَيْن al-quḏḏatayn |
قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay |
| nominative | قُذَّتَانِ quḏḏatāni |
الْقُذَّتَانِ al-quḏḏatāni |
قُذَّتَا quḏḏatā |
| accusative | قُذَّتَيْنِ quḏḏatayni |
الْقُذَّتَيْنِ al-quḏḏatayni |
قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay |
| genitive | قُذَّتَيْنِ quḏḏatayni |
الْقُذَّتَيْنِ al-quḏḏatayni |
قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُذَذ; قِذَاذ quḏaḏ; qiḏāḏ |
الْقُذَذ; الْقِذَاذ al-quḏaḏ; al-qiḏāḏ |
قُذَذ; قِذَاذ quḏaḏ; qiḏāḏ |
| nominative | قُذَذٌ; قِذَاذٌ quḏaḏun; qiḏāḏun |
الْقُذَذُ; الْقِذَاذُ al-quḏaḏu; al-qiḏāḏu |
قُذَذُ; قِذَاذُ quḏaḏu; qiḏāḏu |
| accusative | قُذَذًا; قِذَاذًا quḏaḏan; qiḏāḏan |
الْقُذَذَ; الْقِذَاذَ al-quḏaḏa; al-qiḏāḏa |
قُذَذَ; قِذَاذَ quḏaḏa; qiḏāḏa |
| genitive | قُذَذٍ; قِذَاذٍ quḏaḏin; qiḏāḏin |
الْقُذَذِ; الْقِذَاذِ al-quḏaḏi; al-qiḏāḏi |
قُذَذِ; قِذَاذِ quḏaḏi; qiḏāḏi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “قذة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 412
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قذة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 694
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “قذة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2497.
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قذة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1009