غردق

Arabic

Alternative forms

• غَرْقَد (ḡarqad)

Etymology

Uncertain; while both forms are now about equally distributed, غَرْقَد (ḡarqad) is probably more original, and it may be a blend of غَرِقَ (ḡariqa, “to dive in”) +‎ رَقَدَ (raqada, “to recline”) due to the plant serving the feral animals for recess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣar.daq/

Noun

غَرْدَق • (ḡardaq) m (collective, singulative غَرْدَقَة f (ḡardaqa))

1. nitre bush (Nitraria gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun غَرْدَق (ḡardaq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرْدَق ḡardaq	الْغَرْدَق al-ḡardaq	غَرْدَق ḡardaq
Nominative	غَرْدَقٌ ḡardaqun	الْغَرْدَقُ al-ḡardaqu	غَرْدَقُ ḡardaqu
Accusative	غَرْدَقًا ḡardaqan	الْغَرْدَقَ al-ḡardaqa	غَرْدَقَ ḡardaqa
Genitive	غَرْدَقٍ ḡardaqin	الْغَرْدَقِ al-ḡardaqi	غَرْدَقِ ḡardaqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرْدَقَة ḡardaqa	الْغَرْدَقَة al-ḡardaqa	غَرْدَقَة ḡardaqat
Nominative	غَرْدَقَةٌ ḡardaqatun	الْغَرْدَقَةُ al-ḡardaqatu	غَرْدَقَةُ ḡardaqatu
Accusative	غَرْدَقَةً ḡardaqatan	الْغَرْدَقَةَ al-ḡardaqata	غَرْدَقَةَ ḡardaqata
Genitive	غَرْدَقَةٍ ḡardaqatin	الْغَرْدَقَةِ al-ḡardaqati	غَرْدَقَةِ ḡardaqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرْدَقَتَيْن ḡardaqatayn	الْغَرْدَقَتَيْن al-ḡardaqatayn	غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay
Nominative	غَرْدَقَتَانِ ḡardaqatāni	الْغَرْدَقَتَانِ al-ḡardaqatāni	غَرْدَقَتَا ḡardaqatā
Accusative	غَرْدَقَتَيْنِ ḡardaqatayni	الْغَرْدَقَتَيْنِ al-ḡardaqatayni	غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay
Genitive	غَرْدَقَتَيْنِ ḡardaqatayni	الْغَرْدَقَتَيْنِ al-ḡardaqatayni	غَرْدَقَتَيْ ḡardaqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَرْدَقَات ḡardaqāt	الْغَرْدَقَات al-ḡardaqāt	غَرْدَقَات ḡardaqāt
Nominative	غَرْدَقَاتٌ ḡardaqātun	الْغَرْدَقَاتُ al-ḡardaqātu	غَرْدَقَاتُ ḡardaqātu
Accusative	غَرْدَقَاتٍ ḡardaqātin	الْغَرْدَقَاتِ al-ḡardaqāti	غَرْدَقَاتِ ḡardaqāti
Genitive	غَرْدَقَاتٍ ḡardaqātin	الْغَرْدَقَاتِ al-ḡardaqāti	غَرْدَقَاتِ ḡardaqāti

References

• Fitting, Hans, Littmann, Enno (1911) “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 65, page 345
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 271
• Jacob, Georg (1897) Altarabisches Beduinenleben nach den Quellen geschildert‎^[4] (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Mayer & Müller, page 14
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غردق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2251
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[6] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 355, 506, 507
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 115, 193, 274