وثن
Arabic
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩻𐩬 (wṯn, “boundary stone; stele”) which became used for idols set up at border zones.
Noun
[edit]وَثَن • (waṯan) m (plural وُثُن (wuṯun) or أَوْثَان (ʔawṯān))
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun وَثَن (waṯan)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَثَن waṯan |
الْوَثَن al-waṯan |
وَثَن waṯan |
| Nominative | وَثَنٌ waṯanun |
الْوَثَنُ al-waṯanu |
وَثَنُ waṯanu |
| Accusative | وَثَنًا waṯanan |
الْوَثَنَ al-waṯana |
وَثَنَ waṯana |
| Genitive | وَثَنٍ waṯanin |
الْوَثَنِ al-waṯani |
وَثَنِ waṯani |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | وَثَنَيْن waṯanayn |
الْوَثَنَيْن al-waṯanayn |
وَثَنَيْ waṯanay |
| Nominative | وَثَنَانِ waṯanāni |
الْوَثَنَانِ al-waṯanāni |
وَثَنَا waṯanā |
| Accusative | وَثَنَيْنِ waṯanayni |
الْوَثَنَيْنِ al-waṯanayni |
وَثَنَيْ waṯanay |
| Genitive | وَثَنَيْنِ waṯanayni |
الْوَثَنَيْنِ al-waṯanayni |
وَثَنَيْ waṯanay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وُثُن; أَوْثَان wuṯun; ʔawṯān |
الْوُثُن; الْأَوْثَان al-wuṯun; al-ʔawṯān |
وُثُن; أَوْثَان wuṯun; ʔawṯān |
| Nominative | وُثُنٌ; أَوْثَانٌ wuṯunun; ʔawṯānun |
الْوُثُنُ; الْأَوْثَانُ al-wuṯunu; al-ʔawṯānu |
وُثُنُ; أَوْثَانُ wuṯunu; ʔawṯānu |
| Accusative | وُثُنًا; أَوْثَانًا wuṯunan; ʔawṯānan |
الْوُثُنَ; الْأَوْثَانَ al-wuṯuna; al-ʔawṯāna |
وُثُنَ; أَوْثَانَ wuṯuna; ʔawṯāna |
| Genitive | وُثُنٍ; أَوْثَانٍ wuṯunin; ʔawṯānin |
الْوُثُنِ; الْأَوْثَانِ al-wuṯuni; al-ʔawṯāni |
وُثُنِ; أَوْثَانِ wuṯuni; ʔawṯāni |
Derived terms
[edit]- وَثَنِيّ (waṯaniyy, “idolatrous; idolater”)
- وَثَنِيَّة (waṯaniyya, “idolatry”)
Descendants
[edit]- Ge'ez: ወተን (wätän, “idol”)
References
[edit]- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 286-287
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 273
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 622
- Wellhausen, Julius (1897) Reste arabischen Heidentumes[1] (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 102
- Weninger, Stefan (2009) “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, pages 402–403 Nr. 7