كوثل

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic כּוֹתְלָא‎ / ܟܘܿܬܠܵܐ‎ (kōṯlā, “stern, rudder”), from Akkadian 𒄘𒋻 (/kutallu/, “behind; backside, rear part”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaw.θal/

Noun

كَوْثَل • (kawṯal) m (plural كَوَاثِل‎ (kawāṯil))

stern, rudder
(figuratively) steering wheel
- 2018 January 15, “لعملاء رولز-رويس .. تصميم السيارة حسب الطلب”, in عالم السيارات‎, archived from the original on 2018-01-23:
  ‏يشكّل الكوثل الخلفي المائل للسيارة تحية لعالم يخوت السباقات، مما يمنح منظوراً جديداً بالكامل لسيارة كوبيه دراماتيكية من رولز-رويس.‎‎
  The rearwards-leaning steering wheel of the car represents a hommage to the world of racing yachts, which confers a completely new perspective of the Rolls-Royce coupé.

Declension

Declension of noun كَوْثَل (kawṯal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْثَل kawṯal	الْكَوْثَل‎ al-kawṯal	كَوْثَل kawṯal
Nominative	كَوْثَلٌ kawṯalun	الْكَوْثَلُ‎ al-kawṯalu	كَوْثَلُ kawṯalu
Accusative	كَوْثَلًا‎ kawṯalan	الْكَوْثَلَ‎ al-kawṯala	كَوْثَلَ kawṯala
Genitive	كَوْثَلٍ kawṯalin	الْكَوْثَلِ‎ al-kawṯali	كَوْثَلِ kawṯali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْثَلَيْن‎ kawṯalayn	الْكَوْثَلَيْن‎ al-kawṯalayn	كَوْثَلَيْ‎ kawṯalay
Nominative	كَوْثَلَانِ‎ kawṯalāni	الْكَوْثَلَانِ‎ al-kawṯalāni	كَوْثَلَا‎ kawṯalā
Accusative	كَوْثَلَيْنِ‎ kawṯalayni	الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ‎ al-kawṯalayni	كَوْثَلَيْ‎ kawṯalay
Genitive	كَوْثَلَيْنِ‎ kawṯalayni	الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ‎ al-kawṯalayni	كَوْثَلَيْ‎ kawṯalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوَاثِل‎ kawāṯil	الْكَوَاثِل‎ al-kawāṯil	كَوَاثِل‎ kawāṯil
Nominative	كَوَاثِلُ‎ kawāṯilu	الْكَوَاثِلُ‎ al-kawāṯilu	كَوَاثِلُ‎ kawāṯilu
Accusative	كَوَاثِلَ‎ kawāṯila	الْكَوَاثِلَ‎ al-kawāṯila	كَوَاثِلَ‎ kawāṯila
Genitive	كَوَاثِلَ‎ kawāṯila	الْكَوَاثِلِ‎ al-kawāṯili	كَوَاثِلِ‎ kawāṯili

Synonyms

(rudder of a ship):. سُكَّان‎ (sukkān), دُومَان‎ (dūmān), دَفَّة‎ (daffa)
(steering wheel of a car):
(literary): مِقْوَد‎ (miqwad), عَجَلَةُ الْقِيَادَةِ‎ (ʿajalatu l-qiyādati)

(colloquial) سُكَّان‎ (sukkān), دُومَان‎ (dūmān), سْتِيرِنْج‎ (stīring), سَوَّاقَة‎ (sawwāqa) (Western Sahara), دِرِكْسِيُون‎ (diriksiyōn), دِرِكْسُون‎ (diriksōn), سْتِيرْسُو‎ (stīrsū) (Libya)

Derived terms

الْكَوْثَل‎ (al-kawṯal)

References

“كوثل” in Almaany
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 223

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