كوثل
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic כּוֹתְלָא / ܟܘܿܬܠܵܐ (kōṯlā, “stern, rudder”), from Akkadian 𒄘𒋻 (/kutallu/, “behind; backside, rear part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaw.θal/
Noun
كَوْثَل • (kawṯal) m (plural كَوَاثِل (kawāṯil))
- stern, rudder
- (figurative) steering wheel
- 2018 January 15, “ar: لعملاء رولز-رويس .. تصميم السيارة حسب الطلب”, in عالم السيارات[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2018:
- يشكّل الكوثل الخلفي المائل للسيارة تحية لعالم يخوت السباقات، مما يمنح منظوراً جديداً بالكامل لسيارة كوبيه دراماتيكية من رولز-رويس.
- The rearwards-leaning steering wheel of the car represents a hommage to the world of racing yachts, which confers a completely new perspective of the Rolls-Royce coupé.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَوْثَل kawṯal |
الْكَوْثَل al-kawṯal |
كَوْثَل kawṯal |
| nominative | كَوْثَلٌ kawṯalun |
الْكَوْثَلُ al-kawṯalu |
كَوْثَلُ kawṯalu |
| accusative | كَوْثَلًا kawṯalan |
الْكَوْثَلَ al-kawṯala |
كَوْثَلَ kawṯala |
| genitive | كَوْثَلٍ kawṯalin |
الْكَوْثَلِ al-kawṯali |
كَوْثَلِ kawṯali |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | كَوْثَلَيْن kawṯalayn |
الْكَوْثَلَيْن al-kawṯalayn |
كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay |
| nominative | كَوْثَلَانِ kawṯalāni |
الْكَوْثَلَانِ al-kawṯalāni |
كَوْثَلَا kawṯalā |
| accusative | كَوْثَلَيْنِ kawṯalayni |
الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ al-kawṯalayni |
كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay |
| genitive | كَوْثَلَيْنِ kawṯalayni |
الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ al-kawṯalayni |
كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَوَاثِل kawāṯil |
الْكَوَاثِل al-kawāṯil |
كَوَاثِل kawāṯil |
| nominative | كَوَاثِلُ kawāṯilu |
الْكَوَاثِلُ al-kawāṯilu |
كَوَاثِلُ kawāṯilu |
| accusative | كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila |
الْكَوَاثِلَ al-kawāṯila |
كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila |
| genitive | كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila |
الْكَوَاثِلِ al-kawāṯili |
كَوَاثِلِ kawāṯili |
Synonyms
- (rudder of a ship): سُكَّان (sukkān), دُومَان (dūmān), دَفَّة (daffa)
- (steering wheel of a car):
- (literary): مِقْوَد (miqwad), عَجَلَةُ الْقِيَادَةِ (ʕajalatu l-qiyādati)
- (colloquial) سُكَّان (sukkān), دُومَان (dūmān), سْتِيرِنْج (stīring), سَوَّاقَة (sawwāqa) (Western Sahara), دِرِكْسِيُون (diriksiyōn), دِرِكْسُون (diriksōn), سْتِيرْسُو (stīrsū) (Libya)
Derived terms
- الْكَوْثَل (al-kawṯal)
References
- “كوثل” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 223