كناب

See also: کتاب, كباب, کباب, and كتاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ن ب (k-n-b). Since this is not a well-known root, apparently a dissimilation of كِمَام (kimām) or كِنَان (kinān) or another formation of either roots, and other forms within the root are denominal from the designation of this plant-part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.naːb/

Noun

كِنَاب • (kināb) m

1. a stalk of the raceme of a palm tree upon which the dates are gathered

Declension

Declension of noun كِنَاب (kināb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِنَاب kināb	الْكِنَاب al-kināb	كِنَاب kināb
Nominative	كِنَابٌ kinābun	الْكِنَابُ al-kinābu	كِنَابُ kinābu
Accusative	كِنَابًا kināban	الْكِنَابَ al-kināba	كِنَابَ kināba
Genitive	كِنَابٍ kinābin	الْكِنَابِ al-kinābi	كِنَابِ kinābi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 62a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 933b
• Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 92