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 (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268
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• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 355, 506, 507
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