قرنيط

Arabic

قَرنيط

Etymology

From Latin cornūta f (“armed gurnard?”, literally “horned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qar.niːtˤ/

Noun

قَرْنِيط • (qarnīṭ) m (collective, singulative قَرْنِيطَة f (qarnīṭa), plural قَرَانِيط (qarānīṭ))

1. (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, al-Andalus) octopus

Declension

Declension of noun قَرْنِيط (qarnīṭ)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرْنِيط qarnīṭ	الْقَرْنِيط al-qarnīṭ	قَرْنِيط qarnīṭ
nominative	قَرْنِيطٌ qarnīṭun	الْقَرْنِيطُ al-qarnīṭu	قَرْنِيطُ qarnīṭu
accusative	قَرْنِيطًا qarnīṭan	الْقَرْنِيطَ al-qarnīṭa	قَرْنِيطَ qarnīṭa
genitive	قَرْنِيطٍ qarnīṭin	الْقَرْنِيطِ al-qarnīṭi	قَرْنِيطِ qarnīṭi
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرْنِيطَة qarnīṭa	الْقَرْنِيطَة al-qarnīṭa	قَرْنِيطَة qarnīṭat
nominative	قَرْنِيطَةٌ qarnīṭatun	الْقَرْنِيطَةُ al-qarnīṭatu	قَرْنِيطَةُ qarnīṭatu
accusative	قَرْنِيطَةً qarnīṭatan	الْقَرْنِيطَةَ al-qarnīṭata	قَرْنِيطَةَ qarnīṭata
genitive	قَرْنِيطَةٍ qarnīṭatin	الْقَرْنِيطَةِ al-qarnīṭati	قَرْنِيطَةِ qarnīṭati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرْنِيطَتَيْن qarnīṭatayn	الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْن al-qarnīṭatayn	قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay
nominative	قَرْنِيطَتَانِ qarnīṭatāni	الْقَرْنِيطَتَانِ al-qarnīṭatāni	قَرْنِيطَتَا qarnīṭatā
accusative	قَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ qarnīṭatayni	الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ al-qarnīṭatayni	قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay
genitive	قَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ qarnīṭatayni	الْقَرْنِيطَتَيْنِ al-qarnīṭatayni	قَرْنِيطَتَيْ qarnīṭatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرْنِيطَات qarnīṭāt	الْقَرْنِيطَات al-qarnīṭāt	قَرْنِيطَات qarnīṭāt
nominative	قَرْنِيطَاتٌ qarnīṭātun	الْقَرْنِيطَاتُ al-qarnīṭātu	قَرْنِيطَاتُ qarnīṭātu
accusative	قَرْنِيطَاتٍ qarnīṭātin	الْقَرْنِيطَاتِ al-qarnīṭāti	قَرْنِيطَاتِ qarnīṭāti
genitive	قَرْنِيطَاتٍ qarnīṭātin	الْقَرْنِيطَاتِ al-qarnīṭāti	قَرْنِيطَاتِ qarnīṭāti
plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَرَانِيط qarānīṭ	الْقَرَانِيط al-qarānīṭ	قَرَانِيط qarānīṭ
nominative	قَرَانِيطُ qarānīṭu	الْقَرَانِيطُ al-qarānīṭu	قَرَانِيطُ qarānīṭu
accusative	قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa	الْقَرَانِيطَ al-qarānīṭa	قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa
genitive	قَرَانِيطَ qarānīṭa	الْقَرَانِيطِ al-qarānīṭi	قَرَانِيطِ qarānīṭi

Descendants

• Maltese: qarnit

References

• Behnstedt, Peter (2017), “A propos du lexique tunisien, ou : Qu'est-ce-qui est typiquement tunisien ?”, in Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, editor, Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects: Common Trends - Recent Developments - Diachronic Aspects (Estudios de dialectología árabe; 13) (in French), Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, →ISBN, page 110 of 103–113
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1027, incorrectly equates with French encornet (“squid”)
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قرنيط”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 341
• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888), Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 134