قرطم
Arabic
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قُرْطُم
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, “to cut off gently, to trim”), from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qur.tˤum/
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قُرْطُم qurṭum |
الْقُرْطُم al-qurṭum |
قُرْطُم qurṭum |
Nominative | قُرْطُمٌ qurṭumun |
الْقُرْطُمُ al-qurṭumu |
قُرْطُمُ qurṭumu |
Accusative | قُرْطُمًا qurṭuman |
الْقُرْطُمَ al-qurṭuma |
قُرْطُمَ qurṭuma |
Genitive | قُرْطُمٍ qurṭumin |
الْقُرْطُمِ al-qurṭumi |
قُرْطُمِ qurṭumi |
Further reading
قرطم on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar- “qrṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1922), “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114
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