قاطرة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun derived from the derived from the active participle of قَطَرَ (qaṭara, “to tow”), composed of قَاطِر (qāṭir, “one who tows”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

قَاطِرَة • (qāṭira) f (plural قَاطِرَات (qāṭirāt))

1. locomotive
2. tractor
3. tractor truck
4. rail car

Declension

Declension of noun قَاطِرَة (qāṭira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَاطِرَة qāṭira	الْقَاطِرَة al-qāṭira	قَاطِرَة qāṭirat
Nominative	قَاطِرَةٌ qāṭiratun	الْقَاطِرَةُ al-qāṭiratu	قَاطِرَةُ qāṭiratu
Accusative	قَاطِرَةً qāṭiratan	الْقَاطِرَةَ al-qāṭirata	قَاطِرَةَ qāṭirata
Genitive	قَاطِرَةٍ qāṭiratin	الْقَاطِرَةِ al-qāṭirati	قَاطِرَةِ qāṭirati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَاطِرَتَيْن qāṭiratayn	الْقَاطِرَتَيْن al-qāṭiratayn	قَاطِرَتَيْ qāṭiratay
Nominative	قَاطِرَتَانِ qāṭiratāni	الْقَاطِرَتَانِ al-qāṭiratāni	قَاطِرَتَا qāṭiratā
Accusative	قَاطِرَتَيْنِ qāṭiratayni	الْقَاطِرَتَيْنِ al-qāṭiratayni	قَاطِرَتَيْ qāṭiratay
Genitive	قَاطِرَتَيْنِ qāṭiratayni	الْقَاطِرَتَيْنِ al-qāṭiratayni	قَاطِرَتَيْ qāṭiratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَاطِرَات qāṭirāt	الْقَاطِرَات al-qāṭirāt	قَاطِرَات qāṭirāt
Nominative	قَاطِرَاتٌ qāṭirātun	الْقَاطِرَاتُ al-qāṭirātu	قَاطِرَاتُ qāṭirātu
Accusative	قَاطِرَاتٍ qāṭirātin	الْقَاطِرَاتِ al-qāṭirāti	قَاطِرَاتِ qāṭirāti
Genitive	قَاطِرَاتٍ qāṭirātin	الْقَاطِرَاتِ al-qāṭirāti	قَاطِرَاتِ qāṭirāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاطرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN