كراث

See also: كرات

Arabic
كُرَّاث

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כרתא / ܟܪܬܐ (karrāṯā), from Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /⁠karašu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /⁠garaš⁠/). Also Hebrew כְּרֵשָׁה (kərēšā́).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kur.raːθ/, /kar.raːθ/

Noun

كُرَّاث or كَرَّاث • (kurrāṯ or karrāṯ) m

  1. leek (specifically a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum called Allium kurrat)

Declension
Declension of noun كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ)‎; كَرَّاث (karrāṯ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث
kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ		 الْكُرَّاث‎; الْكَرَّاث
al-kurrāṯ‎; al-karrāṯ		 كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث
kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ
Nominative كُرَّاثٌ‎; كَرَّاثٌ
kurrāṯun‎; karrāṯun		 الْكُرَّاثُ‎; الْكَرَّاثُ
al-kurrāṯu‎; al-karrāṯu		 كُرَّاثُ‎; كَرَّاثُ
kurrāṯu‎; karrāṯu
Accusative كُرَّاثًا‎; كَرَّاثًا
kurrāṯan‎; karrāṯan		 الْكُرَّاثَ‎; الْكَرَّاثَ
al-kurrāṯa‎; al-karrāṯa		 كُرَّاثَ‎; كَرَّاثَ
kurrāṯa‎; karrāṯa
Genitive كُرَّاثٍ‎; كَرَّاثٍ
kurrāṯin‎; karrāṯin		 الْكُرَّاثِ‎; الْكَرَّاثِ
al-kurrāṯi‎; al-karrāṯi		 كُرَّاثِ‎; كَرَّاثِ
kurrāṯi‎; karrāṯi

Descendants
  • Maltese: kurrat, korrat
  • → Middle Armenian: քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ, “leek”), քուռիաթ (kʻuṙiatʻ), քուռութ (kʻuṙutʻ), քուռուս (kʻuṙus)
    • Armenian: քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ), քուռութ (kʻuṙutʻ)
  • → English: kurrat
  • → French: kurrat

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 144
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 46, page 267
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كراث”, 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 882
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 226–228
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 131–138
  • “karašu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 212–214
  • “garaš [LEEK]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كراث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كراث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1094

Hijazi Arabic
كُرَّاث

Etymology

From Arabic كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈr.raːt/
  • IPA(key): /kuˈr.raːθ/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

كُرَّاث • (kurrāt) m

  1. leek
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