قرطم
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, “to cut off gently, to trim”), from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qur.tˤum/
Noun
قُرْطُم • (qurṭum) m
- distaff thistle (Carthamus gen. et spp.)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُرْطُم qurṭum |
الْقُرْطُم al-qurṭum |
قُرْطُم qurṭum |
| nominative | قُرْطُمٌ qurṭumun |
الْقُرْطُمُ al-qurṭumu |
قُرْطُمُ qurṭumu |
| accusative | قُرْطُمًا qurṭuman |
الْقُرْطُمَ al-qurṭuma |
قُرْطُمَ qurṭuma |
| genitive | قُرْطُمٍ qurṭumin |
الْقُرْطُمِ al-qurṭumi |
قُرْطُمِ qurṭumi |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: ղրտում (ġrtum)
- → Medieval Latin: carthamus
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1922) “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114
Further reading
- قرطم on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- “qrṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–