أرطى

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain, associated as a natively coined term, developing into the roots ر ط ي (r-ṭ-y) and ء ر ط (ʔ-r-ṭ), dealing with topics of its color and ability to grow in the most inhospitable ground, providing shelter and edible fruit. Potential distant connections to Akkadian 𒌑𒌨𒂅𒌋 (^U₂ur-ṭu-u /⁠urṭû⁠/, “a plant like a tamarisk but red; a dye”), also used as a dye for hides and compared to a tamarisk in Arabic culture.

Noun

أَرْطًى or أَرْطَى • (ʔarṭan or ʔarṭā) m or f (collective, singulative أَرْطَاة f (ʔarṭāh), construct state أَرْطَى (ʔarṭā), plural أَرَاطٍ (ʔarāṭin), plural construct state أَرَاطِي (ʔarāṭī))

1. Calligonum gen. et spp.

   Synonym: (in the southern half of the Arabian peninsula) عَبَل (ʕabal)

Declension

Declension of noun أَرْطًى (ʔarṭan)‎; أَرْطَى (ʔarṭā)

Collective	collective in ـًى (-an)‎; collective invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْطَى ʔarṭā	الْأَرْطَى al-ʔarṭā	أَرْطَى ʔarṭā
Nominative	أَرْطًى‎; أَرْطَى ʔarṭan‎; ʔarṭā	الْأَرْطَى al-ʔarṭā	أَرْطَى ʔarṭā
Accusative	أَرْطًى‎; أَرْطَى ʔarṭan‎; ʔarṭā	الْأَرْطَى al-ʔarṭā	أَرْطَى ʔarṭā
Genitive	أَرْطًى‎; أَرْطَى ʔarṭan‎; ʔarṭā	الْأَرْطَى al-ʔarṭā	أَرْطَى ʔarṭā
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْطَاة ʔarṭāt	الْأَرْطَاة al-ʔarṭāt	أَرْطَاة ʔarṭāt
Nominative	أَرْطَاةٌ ʔarṭātun	الْأَرْطَاةُ al-ʔarṭātu	أَرْطَاةُ ʔarṭātu
Accusative	أَرْطَاةً ʔarṭātan	الْأَرْطَاةَ al-ʔarṭāta	أَرْطَاةَ ʔarṭāta
Genitive	أَرْطَاةٍ ʔarṭātin	الْأَرْطَاةِ al-ʔarṭāti	أَرْطَاةِ ʔarṭāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْطَاتَيْن ʔarṭātayn	الْأَرْطَاتَيْن al-ʔarṭātayn	أَرْطَاتَيْ ʔarṭātay
Nominative	أَرْطَاتَانِ ʔarṭātāni	الْأَرْطَاتَانِ al-ʔarṭātāni	أَرْطَاتَا ʔarṭātā
Accusative	أَرْطَاتَيْنِ ʔarṭātayni	الْأَرْطَاتَيْنِ al-ʔarṭātayni	أَرْطَاتَيْ ʔarṭātay
Genitive	أَرْطَاتَيْنِ ʔarṭātayni	الْأَرْطَاتَيْنِ al-ʔarṭātayni	أَرْطَاتَيْ ʔarṭātay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْطَيَات ʔarṭayāt	الْأَرْطَيَات al-ʔarṭayāt	أَرْطَيَات ʔarṭayāt
Nominative	أَرْطَيَاتٌ ʔarṭayātun	الْأَرْطَيَاتُ al-ʔarṭayātu	أَرْطَيَاتُ ʔarṭayātu
Accusative	أَرْطَيَاتٍ ʔarṭayātin	الْأَرْطَيَاتِ al-ʔarṭayāti	أَرْطَيَاتِ ʔarṭayāti
Genitive	أَرْطَيَاتٍ ʔarṭayātin	الْأَرْطَيَاتِ al-ʔarṭayāti	أَرْطَيَاتِ ʔarṭayāti
Plural of variety	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرَاطِي ʔarāṭī	الْأَرَاطِي al-ʔarāṭī	أَرَاطِي ʔarāṭī
Nominative	أَرَاطٍ ʔarāṭin	الْأَرَاطِي al-ʔarāṭī	أَرَاطِي ʔarāṭī
Accusative	أَرَاطِيَ ʔarāṭiya	الْأَرَاطِيَ al-ʔarāṭiya	أَرَاطِيَ ʔarāṭiya
Genitive	أَرَاطٍ ʔarāṭin	الْأَرَاطِي al-ʔarāṭī	أَرَاطِي ʔarāṭī

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “أرطى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 27
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أرطى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 49
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN