قشدة
Arabic
قِشْدَة
Alternative forms
- قِشْد (qišd) – rare
- قِشْطَة (qišṭa)
Etymology
From the root ق ش ط (q-š-ṭ) and a dialectal pronunciation thereof (also ك ش ط (k-š-ṭ)), denoting “to scrape”, “to strip off”, “to remove or take off”, “to skim”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qiʃ.da/
Noun
قِشْدَة • (qišda) f
- ream, cream
Declension
Declension of noun قِشْدَة (qišda)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قِشْدَة qišda | الْقِشْدَة al-qišda | قِشْدَة qišdat |
| Nominative | قِشْدَةٌ qišdatun | الْقِشْدَةُ al-qišdatu | قِشْدَةُ qišdatu |
| Accusative | قِشْدَةً qišdatan | الْقِشْدَةَ al-qišdata | قِشْدَةَ qišdata |
| Genitive | قِشْدَةٍ qišdatin | الْقِشْدَةِ al-qišdati | قِشْدَةِ qišdati |
Derived terms
- قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy, “creamy; cream-coloured”)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “قشدة”, 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 446
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “قشدة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2525
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قشدة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1026