غردق
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Arabic
Alternative forms
- غَرْقَد (ḡarqad)
Etymology
Uncertain; while both forms are now about equally distributed, غَرْقَد (ḡarqad) is probably more original, and it may be a blend of غَرِقَ (ḡariqa, “to dive in”) + رَقَدَ (raqada, “to recline”) due to the plant serving the feral animals for recess.
Pronunciation
Noun
غَرْدَق • (ḡardaq) m (collective, singulative غَرْدَقَة f (ḡardaqa))
- nitre bush (Nitraria gen. et spp.)
Declension
Declension of noun غَرْدَق (ḡardaq)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَرْدَق ḡardaq |
الْغَرْدَق al-ḡardaq |
غَرْدَق ḡardaq |
| Nominative | غَرْدَقٌ ḡardaqun |
الْغَرْدَقُ al-ḡardaqu |
غَرْدَقُ ḡardaqu |
| Accusative | غَرْدَقًا ḡardaqan |
الْغَرْدَقَ al-ḡardaqa |
غَرْدَقَ ḡardaqa |
| Genitive | غَرْدَقٍ ḡardaqin |
الْغَرْدَقِ al-ḡardaqi |
غَرْدَقِ ḡardaqi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَرْدَقَة ḡardaqa |
الْغَرْدَقَة al-ḡardaqa |
غَرْدَقَة ḡardaqat |
| Nominative | غَرْدَقَةٌ ḡardaqatun |
الْغَرْدَقَةُ al-ḡardaqatu |
غَرْدَقَةُ ḡardaqatu |
| Accusative | غَرْدَقَةً ḡardaqatan |
الْغَرْدَقَةَ al-ḡardaqata |
غَرْدَقَةَ ḡardaqata |
| Genitive | غَرْدَقَةٍ ḡardaqatin |
الْغَرْدَقَةِ al-ḡardaqati |
غَرْدَقَةِ ḡardaqati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | غَرْدَقَتَيْن ḡardaqatayn |
الْغَرْدَقَتَيْن al-ḡardaqatayn |
غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay |
| Nominative | غَرْدَقَتَانِ ḡardaqatāni |
الْغَرْدَقَتَانِ al-ḡardaqatāni |
غَرْدَقَتَا ḡardaqatā |
| Accusative | غَرْدَقَتَيْنِ ḡardaqatayni |
الْغَرْدَقَتَيْنِ al-ḡardaqatayni |
غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay |
| Genitive | غَرْدَقَتَيْنِ ḡardaqatayni |
الْغَرْدَقَتَيْنِ al-ḡardaqatayni |
غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَرْدَقَات ḡardaqāt |
الْغَرْدَقَات al-ḡardaqāt |
غَرْدَقَات ḡardaqāt |
| Nominative | غَرْدَقَاتٌ ḡardaqātun |
الْغَرْدَقَاتُ al-ḡardaqātu |
غَرْدَقَاتُ ḡardaqātu |
| Accusative | غَرْدَقَاتٍ ḡardaqātin |
الْغَرْدَقَاتِ al-ḡardaqāti |
غَرْدَقَاتِ ḡardaqāti |
| Genitive | غَرْدَقَاتٍ ḡardaqātin |
الْغَرْدَقَاتِ al-ḡardaqāti |
غَرْدَقَاتِ ḡardaqāti |
References
- Fitting, Hans, Littmann, Enno (1911) “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 65, page 345
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 271
- Jacob, Georg (1897) Altarabisches Beduinenleben nach den Quellen geschildert (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Mayer & Müller, page 14
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “غردق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2251
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 355, 506, 507
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 115, 193, 274