قسطل
Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aramaic קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl), from Latin castellum (“fortress; reservoir”).
Noun
قَسْطَل • (qasṭal) m (plural قَسَاطِل (qasāṭil))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَسْطَل qasṭal |
الْقَسْطَل al-qasṭal |
قَسْطَل qasṭal |
| nominative | قَسْطَلٌ qasṭalun |
الْقَسْطَلُ al-qasṭalu |
قَسْطَلُ qasṭalu |
| accusative | قَسْطَلًا qasṭalan |
الْقَسْطَلَ al-qasṭala |
قَسْطَلَ qasṭala |
| genitive | قَسْطَلٍ qasṭalin |
الْقَسْطَلِ al-qasṭali |
قَسْطَلِ qasṭali |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَسْطَلَيْن qasṭalayn |
الْقَسْطَلَيْن al-qasṭalayn |
قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay |
| nominative | قَسْطَلَانِ qasṭalāni |
الْقَسْطَلَانِ al-qasṭalāni |
قَسْطَلَا qasṭalā |
| accusative | قَسْطَلَيْنِ qasṭalayni |
الْقَسْطَلَيْنِ al-qasṭalayni |
قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay |
| genitive | قَسْطَلَيْنِ qasṭalayni |
الْقَسْطَلَيْنِ al-qasṭalayni |
قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَسَاطِل qasāṭil |
الْقَسَاطِل al-qasāṭil |
قَسَاطِل qasāṭil |
| nominative | قَسَاطِلُ qasāṭilu |
الْقَسَاطِلُ al-qasāṭilu |
قَسَاطِلُ qasāṭilu |
| accusative | قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila |
الْقَسَاطِلَ al-qasāṭila |
قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila |
| genitive | قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila |
الْقَسَاطِلِ al-qasāṭili |
قَسَاطِلِ qasāṭili |
Etymology 2
Noun
قَسْطَل • (qasṭal) m
- alternative form of كَسْتَنَاء (kastanāʔ, “chestnut”)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَسْطَل qasṭal |
الْقَسْطَل al-qasṭal |
قَسْطَل qasṭal |
| nominative | قَسْطَلٌ qasṭalun |
الْقَسْطَلُ al-qasṭalu |
قَسْطَلُ qasṭalu |
| accusative | قَسْطَلًا qasṭalan |
الْقَسْطَلَ al-qasṭala |
قَسْطَلَ qasṭala |
| genitive | قَسْطَلٍ qasṭalin |
الْقَسْطَلِ al-qasṭali |
قَسْطَلِ qasṭali |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قسطل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 344–345
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “قسطل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 443
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قسطل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1024
Moroccan Arabic
Alternative forms
- قسطال (qasṭāl)
Etymology
From Arabic قَسْطَل (qasṭal), a variant of كَسْتَنَاء (kastanāʔ), from Ancient Greek κάστανα (kástana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qas.tˤal/
Noun
قسطل • (qasṭal) m (collective, singulative قسطلة f (qasṭla), paucal قسطلات (qasṭlāt))
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- كستل (kestel)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian castello (“castle”).
Noun
قسطل • (kastel) (definite accusative قسطلی (kasteli), plural قسطللر (kasteller))
- castle, fortress, stronghold, fort, any fortified place built to withstand attack
Descendants
- Turkish: kastel
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kastel1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2460
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Castellum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 158
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قسطل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 3695
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قسطل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1453