سنط

Arabic

سَنْط

Etymology

Perhaps through Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti), ultimately from Egyptian snḏt (/⁠ˈsantʼə/ < earlier /ˈsantʃʼat⁠/, “being feared, being respected, evoking reverence or respect; acacia”) stemming from its religious significance. Compare Akkadian 𒊭𒄠𒂅 (/⁠šamṭu, samṭu⁠/, “acacia”), a foreign loan suspected to be borrowed from the same Egyptian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /santˤ/

Noun

سَنْط • (sanṭ) m

1. Acacia spp. or Vachellia spp., especially Vachellia nilotica

   Synonyms: طَلْح (ṭalḥ), قَرَظ (qaraẓ)

Declension

Declension of noun سَنْط (sanṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنْط sanṭ	السَّنْط as-sanṭ	سَنْط sanṭ
Nominative	سَنْطٌ sanṭun	السَّنْطُ as-sanṭu	سَنْطُ sanṭu
Accusative	سَنْطًا sanṭan	السَّنْطَ as-sanṭa	سَنْطَ sanṭa
Genitive	سَنْطٍ sanṭin	السَّنْطِ as-sanṭi	سَنْطِ sanṭi

References

• Fleischer, Heinrich (1868) “Nachträgliches”, in Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 578b
• Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎^[2] (in German), volume 4, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, pages 155–156
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سنط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1445
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 197
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 377–387
• Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1805) Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, editor, Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-Länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten‎^[6] (in German), volume 4, Berlin: G. Reimer, published 1859, page 429
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سنط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[7] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 605