قطرب

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܪܘܦܘܣ (qanṭropos), from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qutˤ.rub/

Noun

قُطْرُب • (quṭrub) m (plural قَطَارِبَة (qaṭāriba), feminine قُطْرُبَة (quṭruba)) (archaic)

1. (mythology, pathology) lycanthrope; the bestial form of a werewolf

Declension

Declension of noun قُطْرُب (quṭrub)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُطْرُب quṭrub	الْقُطْرُب al-quṭrub	قُطْرُب quṭrub
Nominative	قُطْرُبٌ quṭrubun	الْقُطْرُبُ al-quṭrubu	قُطْرُبُ quṭrubu
Accusative	قُطْرُبًا quṭruban	الْقُطْرُبَ al-quṭruba	قُطْرُبَ quṭruba
Genitive	قُطْرُبٍ quṭrubin	الْقُطْرُبِ al-quṭrubi	قُطْرُبِ quṭrubi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُطْرُبَيْن quṭrubayn	الْقُطْرُبَيْن al-quṭrubayn	قُطْرُبَيْ quṭrubay
Nominative	قُطْرُبَانِ quṭrubāni	الْقُطْرُبَانِ al-quṭrubāni	قُطْرُبَا quṭrubā
Accusative	قُطْرُبَيْنِ quṭrubayni	الْقُطْرُبَيْنِ al-quṭrubayni	قُطْرُبَيْ quṭrubay
Genitive	قُطْرُبَيْنِ quṭrubayni	الْقُطْرُبَيْنِ al-quṭrubayni	قُطْرُبَيْ quṭrubay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَطَارِبَة qaṭāriba	الْقَطَارِبَة al-qaṭāriba	قَطَارِبَة qaṭāribat
Nominative	قَطَارِبَةٌ qaṭāribatun	الْقَطَارِبَةُ al-qaṭāribatu	قَطَارِبَةُ qaṭāribatu
Accusative	قَطَارِبَةً qaṭāribatan	الْقَطَارِبَةَ al-qaṭāribata	قَطَارِبَةَ qaṭāribata
Genitive	قَطَارِبَةٍ qaṭāribatin	الْقَطَارِبَةِ al-qaṭāribati	قَطَارِبَةِ qaṭāribati

Derived terms

• سِرَاج الْقُطْرُب (sirāj al-quṭrub, plant name)

References

• Duval, Rubens (1892 January 8) “Origine grecque du mot arabe قُطْرُب”, in Journal asiatique, 8. Série, 19/1‎^[1] (in French), pages 156–159
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 286
• Hoffmann, Georg (1878) “Bibliographische Anzeigen: I Gregorii Bar Ebhraya in evangelium Iohannis commentarius. E Thesauro mysteriorum desumptum edidit R. Schwartz. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 28 pp. 8. II Gregorii Abulfaragii Bar Ebhraya in actus apostolorum et epistulas catholicas adnotationes Syriace e recognitione Martini Klamroth. Diss. inaug. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 30 pp. 8”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 32, page 748 footnote 1
• Ullmann, Manfred (1976) “Der Werwolf. Ein griechisches Sagenmotiv in arabischer Verkleidung”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[3] (in German), volume 68, pages 171–184
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[4] (in German), volume 51, page 301 Nr. 130