كناب

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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

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 (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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 933b
  • Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 92
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