غردق
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
- IPA(key): /ɣar.daq/
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
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- 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
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