كراث

See also: كرات‎

Arabic
كُرَّاث

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כרתא‎ /‎ ܟܪܬܐ‎ (karrāṯā), from Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /karašu/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /garaš/). Also Hebrew כְּרֵשָׁה‎ (kərēšā́).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kur.raːθ/, IPA(key): /kar.raːθ/

Noun

كُرَّاث or كَرَّاث • (kurrāṯ or karrāṯ) m

  1. leek (specifically a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum called Allium kurrat)

Declension
Declension of noun كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ)‎; كَرَّاث (karrāṯ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث
kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ		 الْكُرَّاث‎‎; الْكَرَّاث‎
al-kurrāṯ‎; al-karrāṯ		 كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث
kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ
Nominative كُرَّاثٌ‎; كَرَّاثٌ
kurrāṯun‎; karrāṯun		 الْكُرَّاثُ‎‎; الْكَرَّاثُ‎
al-kurrāṯu‎; al-karrāṯu		 كُرَّاثُ‎; كَرَّاثُ
kurrāṯu‎; karrāṯu
Accusative كُرَّاثًا‎‎; كَرَّاثًا‎
kurrāṯan‎; karrāṯan		 الْكُرَّاثَ‎‎; الْكَرَّاثَ‎
al-kurrāṯa‎; al-karrāṯa		 كُرَّاثَ‎; كَرَّاثَ
kurrāṯa‎; karrāṯa
Genitive كُرَّاثٍ‎; كَرَّاثٍ
kurrāṯin‎; karrāṯin		 الْكُرَّاثِ‎‎; الْكَرَّاثِ‎
al-kurrāṯi‎; al-karrāṯi		 كُرَّاثِ‎; كَرَّاثِ
kurrāṯi‎; karrāṯi

Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: քուռաթ (kʿuṙatʿ, “leek”), քուռիաթ (kʿuṙiatʿ), քուռութ (kʿuṙutʿ), քուռուս (kʿuṙus)
    • Armenian: քուռաթ (kʿuṙatʿ), քուռութ (kʿuṙutʿ)
  • → English: kurrat
  • → French: kurrat

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 144
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892), “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 46, page 267
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “كراث”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 882
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 226–228
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 131–138
  • “karašu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 212–214
  • “garaš [LEEK]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “كراث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “كراث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1094

Hijazi Arabic
كُرَّاث

Etymology

From Arabic كُرَّاث‎ (kurrāṯ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈrːaːt/
  • IPA(key): /kuˈrːaːθ/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

كُرَّاث • (kurrāt) m pl

  1. leek
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