ناطف

Arabic

Etymology

Either from the root ن ط ف (n ṭ f) related to dribbling, spilling, because of the manner cream is created, or an Aramaic borrowing, since soapwort has been used to make a foam sugared and used as a surrogate for egg white foam (meringue) or whipped cream,^[1] and the Aramaic root cognate to ن ظ ف (n ẓ f) would be נ־ט־ף (n-ṭ-p̄) which however just means “to drip”, perhaps the source of the uncommon Arabic root. The Iberian turrón type of candy is claimed to be a material borrowing from Arabic practice.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.tˤif/

Noun

نَاطِف • (nāṭif) m (usually uncountable) (Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt)

a kind of nougat or hard candy from cream or foam hardened with sugar
Synonym: قُبَّيْط (qubbayṭ)

Declension

Declension of noun **نَاطِف** (nāṭif)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَاطِف nāṭif	النَّاطِف an-nāṭif	نَاطِف nāṭif
nominative	نَاطِفٌ nāṭifun	النَّاطِفُ an-nāṭifu	نَاطِفُ nāṭifu
accusative	نَاطِفًا nāṭifan	النَّاطِفَ an-nāṭifa	نَاطِفَ nāṭifa
genitive	نَاطِفٍ nāṭifin	النَّاطِفِ an-nāṭifi	نَاطِفِ nāṭifi

References

^ Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 649
^ Salloum, Habeeb, Salloum, Muna, Salloum Elias, Leila (2013) Sweet Delights from a Thousand and One Nights: The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets, London and New York: I. B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 157

[1] Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 649

[2] Salloum, Habeeb, Salloum, Muna, Salloum Elias, Leila (2013) Sweet Delights from a Thousand and One Nights: The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets, London and New York: I. B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 157

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