ملاط
Arabic
Etymology
Aramaic borrowing, found as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic הַמְלָטָא (hamlāṭā, “disputed meaning: mortar; row of bricks; beam”), Classical Syriac ܡܠܴܛܳܐ (mlāṭā, “mortar”). Also found as Hebrew מֶלֶט (meleṭ, “mortar”) in the Book of Jeremiah, 43:9, Middle Armenian մաղթ (maġtʻ, “a designation of various natural gums and resins”), as well as Ancient Greek μάλθα, μάλθη (máltha, málthē, “a kind of mixture of tar and wax for caulking ships and coating wax tablets”), whence Latin maltha (“a kind of natural tar; a kind of varnish or putty for coating containers”). Pliny the Elder describes the natural tar maltha in his Natural History 2:235 as a substance oozed up from pools at Samosata and used by the Commagenes to defend Samosata’s walls by pouring it on opponents, sticking on them and kindled by water; so its origin must be sought in a substrate there.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.laːtˤ/
Noun
مِلَاط • (milāṭ) m (plural مُلُط (muluṭ))
- the binding agent used for constructing buildings, mortar, plaster
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مِلَاط milāṭ |
الْمِلَاط al-milāṭ |
مِلَاط milāṭ |
| nominative | مِلَاطٌ milāṭun |
الْمِلَاطُ al-milāṭu |
مِلَاطُ milāṭu |
| accusative | مِلَاطًا milāṭan |
الْمِلَاطَ al-milāṭa |
مِلَاطَ milāṭa |
| genitive | مِلَاطٍ milāṭin |
الْمِلَاطِ al-milāṭi |
مِلَاطِ milāṭi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مِلَاطَيْن milāṭayn |
الْمِلَاطَيْن al-milāṭayn |
مِلَاطَيْ milāṭay |
| nominative | مِلَاطَانِ milāṭāni |
الْمِلَاطَانِ al-milāṭāni |
مِلَاطَا milāṭā |
| accusative | مِلَاطَيْنِ milāṭayni |
الْمِلَاطَيْنِ al-milāṭayni |
مِلَاطَيْ milāṭay |
| genitive | مِلَاطَيْنِ milāṭayni |
الْمِلَاطَيْنِ al-milāṭayni |
مِلَاطَيْ milāṭay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مُلُط muluṭ |
الْمُلُط al-muluṭ |
مُلُط muluṭ |
| nominative | مُلُطٌ muluṭun |
الْمُلُطُ al-muluṭu |
مُلُطُ muluṭu |
| accusative | مُلُطًا muluṭan |
الْمُلُطَ al-muluṭa |
مُلُطَ muluṭa |
| genitive | مُلُطٍ muluṭin |
الْمُلُطِ al-muluṭi |
مُلُطِ muluṭi |
Derived terms
- مَلَطَ (malaṭa, “to mortar, to plaster”)
- مَلَّطَ (mallaṭa, “to mortar, to plaster”)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 10–11
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “ملاط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 207
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 16
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ملاط”, 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 1149
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ملاط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1220