قنينة

Arabic

قِنِّينَة

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܢܬܐ (/⁠qannīntā⁠/), from Byzantine Greek καννίον, κανίον (kanníon, kaníon), from Medieval Latin canna (“tankard, cantharus”), a Germanic borrowing, Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qin.niː.na/

Noun

قِنِّينَة • (qinnīna) f (plural قِنِّينَات (qinnīnāt) or قَنَانِيّ (qanāniyy) or قَنَانٍ (qanānin))

1. bottle, vial

Declension

Declension of noun قِنِّينَة (qinnīna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِنِّينَة qinnīna	الْقِنِّينَة al-qinnīna	قِنِّينَة qinnīnat
Nominative	قِنِّينَةٌ qinnīnatun	الْقِنِّينَةُ al-qinnīnatu	قِنِّينَةُ qinnīnatu
Accusative	قِنِّينَةً qinnīnatan	الْقِنِّينَةَ al-qinnīnata	قِنِّينَةَ qinnīnata
Genitive	قِنِّينَةٍ qinnīnatin	الْقِنِّينَةِ al-qinnīnati	قِنِّينَةِ qinnīnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِنِّينَتَيْن qinnīnatayn	الْقِنِّينَتَيْن al-qinnīnatayn	قِنِّينَتَيْ qinnīnatay
Nominative	قِنِّينَتَانِ qinnīnatāni	الْقِنِّينَتَانِ al-qinnīnatāni	قِنِّينَتَا qinnīnatā
Accusative	قِنِّينَتَيْنِ qinnīnatayni	الْقِنِّينَتَيْنِ al-qinnīnatayni	قِنِّينَتَيْ qinnīnatay
Genitive	قِنِّينَتَيْنِ qinnīnatayni	الْقِنِّينَتَيْنِ al-qinnīnatayni	قِنِّينَتَيْ qinnīnatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَنَانِي qanānī	الْقَنَانِي al-qanānī	قَنَانِي qanānī
Nominative	قَنَانِيُّ‎; قَنَانٍ qanāniyyu‎; qanānin	الْقَنَانِيُّ‎; الْقَنَانِي al-qanāniyyu‎; al-qanānī	قَنَانِيُّ‎; قَنَانِي qanāniyyu‎; qanānī
Accusative	قَنَانِيَّ‎; قَنَانِيَ qanāniyya‎; qanāniya	الْقَنَانِيَّ‎; الْقَنَانِيَ al-qanāniyya‎; al-qanāniya	قَنَانِيَّ‎; قَنَانِيَ qanāniyya‎; qanāniya
Genitive	قَنَانِيَّ‎; قَنَانٍ qanāniyya‎; qanānin	الْقَنَانِيِّ‎; الْقَنَانِي al-qanāniyyi‎; al-qanānī	قَنَانِيِّ‎; قَنَانِي qanāniyyi‎; qanānī

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 75
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قنينة”, 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 501
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[2] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 125
• καννίον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• "canna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قنينة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1058

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِنِّينَة (qinnīna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔan.niː.ne/, [ʔanˈniː.ne]
• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔan.niː.na/, [ʔanˈniː.na]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡan.niː.na/, [ɡanˈniː.na]

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Noun

قنينة • (ʔannīne) f (plural قناني (ʔanāni) or قناين (ʔanāyen))

1. bottle

   رقبة القنينة ― raʔabet il-ʔannīne ― the neck of the bottle

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   فتّاحة قناني ― fattāḥet ʔānāni ― bottle opener, corkscrew

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Derived terms

• قنينة أبر (ʔannīnet ʔubar, “ampoule, vial”)