قذة

Arabic

قُذَذ

Etymology

From the root ق ذ ذ (q-ḏ-ḏ) meaning “to trim strips”, “to clip feathers into strips”, a variant of the interrelated root ق د د (q-d-d) also denoting “cutting”; see also قِدْح (qidḥ, “a gaming arrow, a strip of pared wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quð.ða/

Noun

قُذَّة • (quḏḏa) f (plural قُذَذ (quḏaḏ) or قِذَاذ (qiḏāḏ))

1. fletching (the vaned end of an arrow)
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 61:117:

     يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَٱلدَّمَ.

     yaqraʔūna l-qurʔāna lā yujāwizu tarāqiya-hum, yamruqūna mina d-dīni kamā yamruqu s-sahmu mina r-ramiyyati, yunẓaru ʔilā naṣli-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā riṣāfi-hī fa-mā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā naḍiyyi-hī - wa-huwa qidḥu-hū - fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā quḏaḏi-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, qad sabaqa l-farṯa wa-d-dama.

     They recite the Qurʾān but it does not go beyond their clavicles and they will desert the creed as an arrow goes through a target’s body, so one would, on looking at the arrow’s blade, see nothing on it; then one would look at its sinew and see nothing, then one would look at its arrowshaft and see nothing, then one would look at its fletching and would see nothing, for the arrow, by its speed, has even obviated entrails and blood.

Declension

Declension of noun قُذَّة (quḏḏa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُذَّة quḏḏa	الْقُذَّة al-quḏḏa	قُذَّة quḏḏat
Nominative	قُذَّةٌ quḏḏatun	الْقُذَّةُ al-quḏḏatu	قُذَّةُ quḏḏatu
Accusative	قُذَّةً quḏḏatan	الْقُذَّةَ al-quḏḏata	قُذَّةَ quḏḏata
Genitive	قُذَّةٍ quḏḏatin	الْقُذَّةِ al-quḏḏati	قُذَّةِ quḏḏati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُذَّتَيْن quḏḏatayn	الْقُذَّتَيْن al-quḏḏatayn	قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay
Nominative	قُذَّتَانِ quḏḏatāni	الْقُذَّتَانِ al-quḏḏatāni	قُذَّتَا quḏḏatā
Accusative	قُذَّتَيْنِ quḏḏatayni	الْقُذَّتَيْنِ al-quḏḏatayni	قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay
Genitive	قُذَّتَيْنِ quḏḏatayni	الْقُذَّتَيْنِ al-quḏḏatayni	قُذَّتَيْ quḏḏatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُذَذ‎; قِذَاذ quḏaḏ‎; qiḏāḏ	الْقُذَذ‎; الْقِذَاذ al-quḏaḏ‎; al-qiḏāḏ	قُذَذ‎; قِذَاذ quḏaḏ‎; qiḏāḏ
Nominative	قُذَذٌ‎; قِذَاذٌ quḏaḏun‎; qiḏāḏun	الْقُذَذُ‎; الْقِذَاذُ al-quḏaḏu‎; al-qiḏāḏu	قُذَذُ‎; قِذَاذُ quḏaḏu‎; qiḏāḏu
Accusative	قُذَذًا‎; قِذَاذًا quḏaḏan‎; qiḏāḏan	الْقُذَذَ‎; الْقِذَاذَ al-quḏaḏa‎; al-qiḏāḏa	قُذَذَ‎; قِذَاذَ quḏaḏa‎; qiḏāḏa
Genitive	قُذَذٍ‎; قِذَاذٍ quḏaḏin‎; qiḏāḏin	الْقُذَذِ‎; الْقِذَاذِ al-quḏaḏi‎; al-qiḏāḏi	قُذَذِ‎; قِذَاذِ quḏaḏi‎; qiḏāḏi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قذة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 412
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قذة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 694
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قذة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2497
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قذة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1009