قسطل

Arabic

قَسْطَلَانِ‎

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl), from Latin castellum (“fortress; reservoir”).

Noun

قَسْطَل • (qasṭal) m (plural قَسَاطِل (qasāṭil))

1. water conduit, water pipeline

Declension

Declension of noun قَسْطَل (qasṭal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَسْطَل qasṭal	الْقَسْطَل al-qasṭal	قَسْطَل qasṭal
Nominative	قَسْطَلٌ qasṭalun	الْقَسْطَلُ al-qasṭalu	قَسْطَلُ qasṭalu
Accusative	قَسْطَلًا qasṭalan	الْقَسْطَلَ al-qasṭala	قَسْطَلَ qasṭala
Genitive	قَسْطَلٍ qasṭalin	الْقَسْطَلِ al-qasṭali	قَسْطَلِ qasṭali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَسْطَلَيْن qasṭalayn	الْقَسْطَلَيْن al-qasṭalayn	قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay
Nominative	قَسْطَلَانِ qasṭalāni	الْقَسْطَلَانِ al-qasṭalāni	قَسْطَلَا qasṭalā
Accusative	قَسْطَلَيْنِ qasṭalayni	الْقَسْطَلَيْنِ al-qasṭalayni	قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay
Genitive	قَسْطَلَيْنِ qasṭalayni	الْقَسْطَلَيْنِ al-qasṭalayni	قَسْطَلَيْ qasṭalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَسَاطِل qasāṭil	الْقَسَاطِل al-qasāṭil	قَسَاطِل qasāṭil
Nominative	قَسَاطِلُ qasāṭilu	الْقَسَاطِلُ al-qasāṭilu	قَسَاطِلُ qasāṭilu
Accusative	قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila	الْقَسَاطِلَ al-qasāṭila	قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila
Genitive	قَسَاطِلَ qasāṭila	الْقَسَاطِلِ al-qasāṭili	قَسَاطِلِ qasāṭili

قَسْطَل

Etymology 2

Noun

قَسْطَل • (qasṭal) m

1. alternative form of كَسْتَنَاء (kastanāʔ, “chestnut”)

Declension

Declension of noun قَسْطَل (qasṭal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَسْطَل qasṭal	الْقَسْطَل al-qasṭal	قَسْطَل qasṭal
Nominative	قَسْطَلٌ qasṭalun	الْقَسْطَلُ al-qasṭalu	قَسْطَلُ qasṭalu
Accusative	قَسْطَلًا qasṭalan	الْقَسْطَلَ al-qasṭala	قَسْطَلَ qasṭala
Genitive	قَسْطَلٍ qasṭalin	الْقَسْطَلِ al-qasṭali	قَسْطَلِ qasṭali

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قسطل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 344–345
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قسطل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 443
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قسطل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1024