مثنان
Arabic
Etymology
Seemingly from Aramaic מתננא (maṯnānā, “fumed”), a reference to the daphne’s fragrance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maθ.naːn/, /miθ.naːn/
Noun
مَثْنَان or مِثْنَان • (maṯnān or miṯnān) m
- flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 34, Art. 6, page 722:
- hairy thymelaea (Thymelaea hirsuta)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَثْنَان; مِثْنَان maṯnān; miṯnān |
الْمَثْنَان; الْمِثْنَان al-maṯnān; al-miṯnān |
مَثْنَان; مِثْنَان maṯnān; miṯnān |
| nominative | مَثْنَانٌ; مِثْنَانٌ maṯnānun; miṯnānun |
الْمَثْنَانُ; الْمِثْنَانُ al-maṯnānu; al-miṯnānu |
مَثْنَانُ; مِثْنَانُ maṯnānu; miṯnānu |
| accusative | مَثْنَانًا; مِثْنَانًا maṯnānan; miṯnānan |
الْمَثْنَانَ; الْمِثْنَانَ al-maṯnāna; al-miṯnāna |
مَثْنَانَ; مِثْنَانَ maṯnāna; miṯnāna |
| genitive | مَثْنَانٍ; مِثْنَانٍ maṯnānin; miṯnānin |
الْمَثْنَانِ; الْمِثْنَانِ al-maṯnāni; al-miṯnāni |
مَثْنَانِ; مِثْنَانِ maṯnāni; miṯnāni |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: մաթնան (matʻnan)
Further reading
- Thymelaea hirsuta on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1179
- “tnn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–