قتاد

See also: قناد

Arabic

قَتَاد – Astragalus onobrychis

Etymology

Regressively assimilated respectively progressively dissimilated in voicedness from dialectal variants قَدَاد (qadād), قَتَات (qatāt), also قَدِيد (qadīd), قَتِيت (qatīt), from قَدَّ (qadda), قَتَّ (qatta, “to snithe into strips, to cut lengthwise”) – the former more known, the latter however reflected in قَتّ (qatt, “lucerne”) and قَات (qāt, “qat”) –, as cutting, slitting is what one does with the milk-vetches, whose profusion of sap was also the motive for the derivation of كَثِيرَاء (kaṯīrāʔ, “tragacanth, gum of milk-vetches”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.taːd/

Noun

قَتَاد • (qatād) m (collective, singulative قَتَادَة f (qatāda))

1. milkvetch (Astragalus gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun قَتَاد (qatād)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَتَاد qatād	الْقَتَاد al-qatād	قَتَاد qatād
Nominative	قَتَادٌ qatādun	الْقَتَادُ al-qatādu	قَتَادُ qatādu
Accusative	قَتَادًا qatādan	الْقَتَادَ al-qatāda	قَتَادَ qatāda
Genitive	قَتَادٍ qatādin	الْقَتَادِ al-qatādi	قَتَادِ qatādi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَتَادَة qatāda	الْقَتَادَة al-qatāda	قَتَادَة qatādat
Nominative	قَتَادَةٌ qatādatun	الْقَتَادَةُ al-qatādatu	قَتَادَةُ qatādatu
Accusative	قَتَادَةً qatādatan	الْقَتَادَةَ al-qatādata	قَتَادَةَ qatādata
Genitive	قَتَادَةٍ qatādatin	الْقَتَادَةِ al-qatādati	قَتَادَةِ qatādati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَتَادَتَيْن qatādatayn	الْقَتَادَتَيْن al-qatādatayn	قَتَادَتَيْ qatādatay
Nominative	قَتَادَتَانِ qatādatāni	الْقَتَادَتَانِ al-qatādatāni	قَتَادَتَا qatādatā
Accusative	قَتَادَتَيْنِ qatādatayni	الْقَتَادَتَيْنِ al-qatādatayni	قَتَادَتَيْ qatādatay
Genitive	قَتَادَتَيْنِ qatādatayni	الْقَتَادَتَيْنِ al-qatādatayni	قَتَادَتَيْ qatādatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَتَادَات qatādāt	الْقَتَادَات al-qatādāt	قَتَادَات qatādāt
Nominative	قَتَادَاتٌ qatādātun	الْقَتَادَاتُ al-qatādātu	قَتَادَاتُ qatādātu
Accusative	قَتَادَاتٍ qatādātin	الْقَتَادَاتِ al-qatādāti	قَتَادَاتِ qatādāti
Genitive	قَتَادَاتٍ qatādātin	الْقَتَادَاتِ al-qatādāti	قَتَادَاتِ qatādāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قتاد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 396
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 427 to 50₂
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قتاد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1000