قطف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ط ف (q-ṭ-f), from Proto-Semitic *qaṭap-. Compare Aramaic קְטַף / ܩܛܲܦ (qṭap̄), Hebrew קָטַף (qāṭáp̄), Akkadian 𒋡𒋫𒁍 (qa-ta-pu /qatāpu/). The saltbush name must be from Classical Syriac ܩܲܛܦܵܐ (qaṭəp̄ā), ܩܛܵܦܵܐ (qəṭāp̄ā, saltbush)[1][2], for it mirrors its vocalization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.tˤa.fa/
  • (file)

Verb

قَطَفَ (qaṭafa) I, non-past يَقْطِفُ‎ (yaqṭifu)

  1. to pluck, to pick, to reap

Conjugation

Verb

قَطَّفَ (qaṭṭafa) II, non-past يُقَطِّفُ‎ (yuqaṭṭifu)

  1. (uncommon) to pluck off, to reap off, to prune

Conjugation

Noun

قَطْف (qaṭf) m

  1. verbal noun of قَطَفَ (qaṭafa) (form I)

Declension

Noun

قِطْف (qiṭf) m (plural قُطُوف (quṭūf))

  1. bunch of what is plucked, cluster

Declension

قَطَفAtriplex hortensis

Noun

قَطَف (qaṭaf) m

  1. saltbush (Atriplex gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: رُغْل (ruḡl), سَرْمَق (sarmaq), قَطَاف (qaṭāf)

Declension

References

  1. Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 282
  2. Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 661a
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