قصدير
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic קְסֵטִירָא (qəsdīrā, “tin”), from Ancient Greek κασσίτερον (kassíteron, “tin”, literally “the metal or earth from the land of the Kassi”); ultimately of obscure origin, considered of pre-Greek substrate. Identification and the meaning of κασσί (kassí) has been disputed; see Kassites, a historically significant bronze age people from the Zagros Mountains, the nearest source of Mesopotamian tin, the Cassiterides and Cassiterite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qasˁ.diːr/
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Declension
Declension of noun قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَصْدِير qaṣdīr |
الْقَصْدِير al-qaṣdīr |
قَصْدِير qaṣdīr |
| Nominative | قَصْدِيرٌ qaṣdīrun |
الْقَصْدِيرُ al-qaṣdīru |
قَصْدِيرُ qaṣdīru |
| Accusative | قَصْدِيرًا qaṣdīran |
الْقَصْدِيرَ al-qaṣdīra |
قَصْدِيرَ qaṣdīra |
| Genitive | قَصْدِيرٍ qaṣdīrin |
الْقَصْدِيرِ al-qaṣdīri |
قَصْدِيرِ qaṣdīri |
References
- “qsyṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “قصدير” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
- Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 301
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