قريدس

Arabic

Etymology

Likely from Greek γαρίδες (garídes, “shrimps”), from Ancient Greek κᾱρῖδες (kārîdes, “shrimps”), possibly influenced by the Arabic root ق ر د س (q r d s) or taken as the diminutive of قُرْدُوس (qurdūs), a rare derivation of قُرْد (qurd, “tick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qu.raj.dis/

Noun

قُرَيْدِس • (quraydis) m (collective, singulative قُرَيْدِسَة f (quraydisa))

1. shrimp, prawn, krill (Brachyura)
   • 2018 November 21, “صورة من معرض الأطعمة المقرفة في السويد”, in Al-Quds.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2018:

     يتم تقديم "القريدس الرتيل" من كمبوديا في متحف الطعام المقرف في 7 نوفمبر، 2018 في مالمو، السويد.

     An exhibition of “tarantula shrimps” from Cambodia happens in the Disgusting Food Museum on the 7th of November 2018 in Malmö, Sweden.

Declension

Declension of noun قُرَيْدِس (quraydis)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَيْدِس quraydis	الْقُرَيْدِس al-quraydis	قُرَيْدِس quraydis
Nominative	قُرَيْدِسٌ quraydisun	الْقُرَيْدِسُ al-quraydisu	قُرَيْدِسُ quraydisu
Accusative	قُرَيْدِسًا quraydisan	الْقُرَيْدِسَ al-quraydisa	قُرَيْدِسَ quraydisa
Genitive	قُرَيْدِسٍ quraydisin	الْقُرَيْدِسِ al-quraydisi	قُرَيْدِسِ quraydisi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَيْدِسَة quraydisa	الْقُرَيْدِسَة al-quraydisa	قُرَيْدِسَة quraydisat
Nominative	قُرَيْدِسَةٌ quraydisatun	الْقُرَيْدِسَةُ al-quraydisatu	قُرَيْدِسَةُ quraydisatu
Accusative	قُرَيْدِسَةً quraydisatan	الْقُرَيْدِسَةَ al-quraydisata	قُرَيْدِسَةَ quraydisata
Genitive	قُرَيْدِسَةٍ quraydisatin	الْقُرَيْدِسَةِ al-quraydisati	قُرَيْدِسَةِ quraydisati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْن quraydisatayn	الْقُرَيْدِسَتَيْن al-quraydisatayn	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْ quraydisatay
Nominative	قُرَيْدِسَتَانِ quraydisatāni	الْقُرَيْدِسَتَانِ al-quraydisatāni	قُرَيْدِسَتَا quraydisatā
Accusative	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْنِ quraydisatayni	الْقُرَيْدِسَتَيْنِ al-quraydisatayni	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْ quraydisatay
Genitive	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْنِ quraydisatayni	الْقُرَيْدِسَتَيْنِ al-quraydisatayni	قُرَيْدِسَتَيْ quraydisatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَيْدِسَات quraydisāt	الْقُرَيْدِسَات al-quraydisāt	قُرَيْدِسَات quraydisāt
Nominative	قُرَيْدِسَاتٌ quraydisātun	الْقُرَيْدِسَاتُ al-quraydisātu	قُرَيْدِسَاتُ quraydisātu
Accusative	قُرَيْدِسَاتٍ quraydisātin	الْقُرَيْدِسَاتِ al-quraydisāti	قُرَيْدِسَاتِ quraydisāti
Genitive	قُرَيْدِسَاتٍ quraydisātin	الْقُرَيْدِسَاتِ al-quraydisāti	قُرَيْدِسَاتِ quraydisāti

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 340
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قريدس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 326
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قريدس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1016

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُرَيْدِس (quraydis).

Noun

قريدس • (ʔrēdis) m (collective)

1. shrimp

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُرَيْدِس (quraydis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔreː.dis/, [ˈʔreːdɪs]

Noun

قريدس • (ʔrēdis) m (collective)

1. shrimp

   Synonym: جمبري (gambari)

References

• Moin Halloun (2021) A Practical Dictionary of Spoken Arabic, Jerusalem, page 409
• Omar Othman (2009) A Dictionary of the Spoken Arabic of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, page 216