يقطين
Arabic
Etymology
Inconspicuous, of a rare pattern yaFʿīL – otherwise found only in يَعْضِيد (yaʕḍīd, “Launaea mucronata”) and يَعْقِيد (yaʕqīd, “thickened honey”) – but connected to the root ق ط ن (q ṭ n), so perhaps from a Semitic substrate.
Noun
يَقْطِين • (yaqṭīn) m (singulative يَقْطِينَة (yaqṭīna))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَقْطِين yaqṭīn |
الْيَقْطِين al-yaqṭīn |
يَقْطِين yaqṭīn |
| nominative | يَقْطِينٌ yaqṭīnun |
الْيَقْطِينُ al-yaqṭīnu |
يَقْطِينُ yaqṭīnu |
| accusative | يَقْطِينًا yaqṭīnan |
الْيَقْطِينَ al-yaqṭīna |
يَقْطِينَ yaqṭīna |
| genitive | يَقْطِينٍ yaqṭīnin |
الْيَقْطِينِ al-yaqṭīni |
يَقْطِينِ yaqṭīni |
References
- “يقطين” in Almaany
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 292
- “Yaqṭīn as substratum vocabulary?”, in Jabal al-Lughat[1], 26 June 2018
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “يقطين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 912
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic يَقْطِين (yaqṭīn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaɡ.tˤiːn/
Noun
يَقْطين • (yagṭīn) m (collective, singulative يَقْطينة f (yagṭīna), plural يَقْطينات (yagṭīnāt))