كوثل

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic כּוֹתְלָא / ܟܘܿܬܠܵܐ (kōṯlā, “stern, rudder”), from Akkadian 𒄘𒋻 (/⁠kutallu⁠/, “behind; backside, rear part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.θal/

Noun

كَوْثَل • (kawṯal) m (plural كَوَاثِل (kawāṯil))

1. stern, rudder
2. (figurative) steering wheel
   • 2018 January 15, “ar: لعملاء رولز-رويس .. تصميم السيارة حسب الطلب”, in عالم السيارات‎^[1], archived from the original on 2018-01-23:

     يشكّل الكوثل الخلفي المائل للسيارة تحية لعالم يخوت السباقات، مما يمنح منظوراً جديداً بالكامل لسيارة كوبيه دراماتيكية من رولز-رويس.

     The rearwards-leaning steering wheel of the car represents a hommage to the world of racing yachts, which confers a completely new perspective of the Rolls-Royce coupé.

Declension

Declension of noun كَوْثَل (kawṯal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْثَل kawṯal	الْكَوْثَل al-kawṯal	كَوْثَل kawṯal
Nominative	كَوْثَلٌ kawṯalun	الْكَوْثَلُ al-kawṯalu	كَوْثَلُ kawṯalu
Accusative	كَوْثَلًا kawṯalan	الْكَوْثَلَ al-kawṯala	كَوْثَلَ kawṯala
Genitive	كَوْثَلٍ kawṯalin	الْكَوْثَلِ al-kawṯali	كَوْثَلِ kawṯali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْثَلَيْن kawṯalayn	الْكَوْثَلَيْن al-kawṯalayn	كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay
Nominative	كَوْثَلَانِ kawṯalāni	الْكَوْثَلَانِ al-kawṯalāni	كَوْثَلَا kawṯalā
Accusative	كَوْثَلَيْنِ kawṯalayni	الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ al-kawṯalayni	كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay
Genitive	كَوْثَلَيْنِ kawṯalayni	الْكَوْثَلَيْنِ al-kawṯalayni	كَوْثَلَيْ kawṯalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوَاثِل kawāṯil	الْكَوَاثِل al-kawāṯil	كَوَاثِل kawāṯil
Nominative	كَوَاثِلُ kawāṯilu	الْكَوَاثِلُ al-kawāṯilu	كَوَاثِلُ kawāṯilu
Accusative	كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila	الْكَوَاثِلَ al-kawāṯila	كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila
Genitive	كَوَاثِلَ kawāṯila	الْكَوَاثِلِ al-kawāṯili	كَوَاثِلِ kawāṯili

Synonyms

• (rudder of a ship): سُكَّان (sukkān), دُومَان (dūmān), دَفَّة (daffa)
• (steering wheel of a car):

  (literary): مِقْوَد (miqwad), عَجَلَةُ الْقِيَادَةِ (ʕajalatu l-qiyādati)

  (colloquial) سُكَّان (sukkān), دُومَان (dūmān), سْتِيرِنْج (stīring), سَوَّاقَة (sawwāqa) (Western Sahara), دِرِكْسِيُون (diriksiyōn), دِرِكْسُون (diriksōn), سْتِيرْسُو (stīrsū) (Libya)

Derived terms

• الْكَوْثَل (al-kawṯal)

References

• “كوثل” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 223