إقنيز
Arabic
Alternative forms
- قِنْز (qinz)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κνίδιον (knídion). First attested in the Ptolemaic period and the most widely attested amphora name in Late Antiquity in Greek and also popular in Coptic (Coptic ⲕⲛⲓⲕⲓϫⲓ, ⲕⲛⲓⲕⲓⲇⲓ, ⲕⲟⲩⲛⲇⲟⲩ (knikiji, knikidi, koundou), as an equivalent of ⲗⲁⲕⲟⲟⲧⲉ (lakoote)), but uncommon in Arabic. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiq.niːz/
Noun
إِقْنِيز • (ʾiqnīz) m
- scyphus, jar
Declension
Declension of noun إِقْنِيز (ʾiqnīz)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِقْنِيز ʾiqnīz | الْإِقْنِيز al-ʾiqnīz | إِقْنِيز ʾiqnīz |
| Nominative | إِقْنِيزٌ ʾiqnīzun | الْإِقْنِيزُ al-ʾiqnīzu | إِقْنِيزُ ʾiqnīzu |
| Accusative | إِقْنِيزًا ʾiqnīzan | الْإِقْنِيزَ al-ʾiqnīza | إِقْنِيزَ ʾiqnīza |
| Genitive | إِقْنِيزٍ ʾiqnīzin | الْإِقْنِيزِ al-ʾiqnīzi | إِقْنِيزِ ʾiqnīzi |
Derived terms
- أَقْنَزَ (ʾaqnaza, “to drink from a إِقْنِيز (ʾiqnīz)”)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “إقنيز”, 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 504
- Schubert, Alexander T.; Sijpesteijn, Petra M. (2014) Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213–214