نطار
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܘܽܛܳܪܳܐ (nuṭṭārā, “watch, vigil”). Doublet of نِظَارَة (niẓāra, “supervision”).
Noun
نُطَّار • (nuṭṭār) m (plural نَطَاطِير (naṭāṭīr))
- scarecrow
- Synonyms: خَيَال (ḵayāl), فَزَّاعَة (fazzāʿa)
Declension
Declension of noun نُطَّار (nuṭṭār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نُطَّار nuṭṭār | النُّطَّار an-nuṭṭār | نُطَّار nuṭṭār |
| Nominative | نُطَّارٌ nuṭṭārun | النُّطَّارُ an-nuṭṭāru | نُطَّارُ nuṭṭāru |
| Accusative | نُطَّارًا nuṭṭāran | النُّطَّارَ an-nuṭṭāra | نُطَّارَ nuṭṭāra |
| Genitive | نُطَّارٍ nuṭṭārin | النُّطَّارِ an-nuṭṭāri | نُطَّارِ nuṭṭāri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | نُطَّارَيْن nuṭṭārayn | النُّطَّارَيْن an-nuṭṭārayn | نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray |
| Nominative | نُطَّارَانِ nuṭṭārāni | النُّطَّارَانِ an-nuṭṭārāni | نُطَّارَا nuṭṭārā |
| Accusative | نُطَّارَيْنِ nuṭṭārayni | النُّطَّارَيْنِ an-nuṭṭārayni | نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray |
| Genitive | نُطَّارَيْنِ nuṭṭārayni | النُّطَّارَيْنِ an-nuṭṭārayni | نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَطَاطِير naṭāṭīr | النَّطَاطِير an-naṭāṭīr | نَطَاطِير naṭāṭīr |
| Nominative | نَطَاطِيرُ naṭāṭīru | النَّطَاطِيرُ an-naṭāṭīru | نَطَاطِيرُ naṭāṭīru |
| Accusative | نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra | النَّطَاطِيرَ an-naṭāṭīra | نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra |
| Genitive | نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra | النَّطَاطِيرِ an-naṭāṭīri | نَطَاطِيرِ naṭāṭīri |
References
- “نطار” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 138
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “نطار”, 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 295
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “نطار”, 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 1283
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “نطار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2810
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “نطار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1142
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “نطار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1283