كتان

Arabic
كَتَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܬܢܐ‎ (kettānā, “flax; linen”).

Noun

كَتَّان • (kattān) m

  1. flax
  2. linen

Declension
Declension of noun كَتَّان (kattān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كَتَّان
kattān		 الْكَتَّان‎
al-kattān		 كَتَّان
kattān
Nominative كَتَّانٌ
kattānun		 الْكَتَّانُ‎
al-kattānu		 كَتَّانُ
kattānu
Accusative كَتَّانًا‎
kattānan		 الْكَتَّانَ‎
al-kattāna		 كَتَّانَ
kattāna
Genitive كَتَّانٍ
kattānin		 الْكَتَّانِ‎
al-kattāni		 كَتَّانِ
kattāni

Derived terms
  • كَتَّانِيّ‎ (kattāniyy, “linen”)

Descendants
  • → Ge'ez: ክታን (kətan)

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231
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