قرنيط
Arabic
Etymology
From Latin cornūta f (“armed gurnard?”, literally “horned”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qar.niːtˤ/
Noun
قَرْنِيط • (qarnīṭ) m (collective, singulative قَرْنِيطَة f (qarnīṭa), plural قَرَانِيط (qarānīṭ))
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرْنِيط qarnīṭ |
الْقَرْنِيط al-qarnīṭ |
قَرْنِيط qarnīṭ |
| nominative | قَرْنِيطٌ qarnīṭun |
الْقَرْنِيطُ al-qarnīṭu |
قَرْنِيطُ qarnīṭu |
| accusative | قَرْنِيطًا qarnīṭan |
الْقَرْنِيطَ al-qarnīṭa |
قَرْنِيطَ qarnīṭa |
| genitive | قَرْنِيطٍ qarnīṭin |
الْقَرْنِيطِ al-qarnīṭi |
قَرْنِيطِ qarnīṭi |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرْنِيطَة qarnīṭa |
الْقَرْنِيطَة al-qarnīṭa |
قَرْنِيطَة qarnīṭat |
| nominative | قَرْنِيطَةٌ qarnīṭatun |
الْقَرْنِيطَةُ al-qarnīṭatu |
قَرْنِيطَةُ qarnīṭatu |
| accusative | قَرْنِيطَةً qarnīṭatan |
الْقَرْنِيطَةَ al-qarnīṭata |
قَرْنِيطَةَ qarnīṭata |
| genitive | قَرْنِيطَةٍ qarnīṭatin |
الْقَرْنِيطَةِ al-qarnīṭati |
قَرْنِيطَةِ qarnīṭati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَرْنِيطَتَيْن qarnīṭatayn |
الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْن al-qarnīṭatayn |
قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay |
| nominative | قَرْنِيطَتَانِ qarnīṭatāni |
الْقَرْنِيطَتَانِ al-qarnīṭatāni |
قَرْنِيطَتَا qarnīṭatā |
| accusative | قَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ qarnīṭatayni |
الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ al-qarnīṭatayni |
قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay |
| genitive | قَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ qarnīṭatayni |
الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ al-qarnīṭatayni |
قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرْنِيطَات qarnīṭāt |
الْقَرْنِيطَات al-qarnīṭāt |
قَرْنِيطَات qarnīṭāt |
| nominative | قَرْنِيطَاتٌ qarnīṭātun |
الْقَرْنِيطَاتُ al-qarnīṭātu |
قَرْنِيطَاتُ qarnīṭātu |
| accusative | قَرْنِيطَاتٍ qarnīṭātin |
الْقَرْنِيطَاتِ al-qarnīṭāti |
قَرْنِيطَاتِ qarnīṭāti |
| genitive | قَرْنِيطَاتٍ qarnīṭātin |
الْقَرْنِيطَاتِ al-qarnīṭāti |
قَرْنِيطَاتِ qarnīṭāti |
| plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرَانِيط qarānīṭ |
الْقَرَانِيط al-qarānīṭ |
قَرَانِيط qarānīṭ |
| nominative | قَرَانِيطُ qarānīṭu |
الْقَرَانِيطُ al-qarānīṭu |
قَرَانِيطُ qarānīṭu |
| accusative | قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa |
الْقَرَانِيطَ al-qarānīṭa |
قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa |
| genitive | قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa |
الْقَرَانِيطِ al-qarānīṭi |
قَرَانِيطِ qarānīṭi |
Descendants
- Maltese: qarnit
References
- Behnstedt, Peter (2017) “A propos du lexique tunisien, ou : Qu'est-ce-qui est typiquement tunisien ?”, in Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, editor, Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects: Common Trends - Recent Developments - Diachronic Aspects (Estudios de dialectología árabe; 13) (in French), Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, →ISBN, page 110 of 103–113
- 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 1027, incorrectly equates with French encornet (“squid”)
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرنيط”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 341
- Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 134