كراث

See also: كرات

Arabic

كُرَّاث

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כרתא / ܟܪܬܐ (karrāṯā), from Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^SAR, GA.RAŠ^SAR /⁠karašu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^SAR, GA.RAŠ^SAR /⁠garaš⁠/). Also Hebrew כְּרֵשָׁה (kərēšā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kur.raːθ/, /kar.raːθ/

Noun

كُرَّاث or كَرَّاث • (kurrāṯ or karrāṯ) m

1. leek (specifically a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum called Allium kurrat)

Declension

Declension of noun كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ)‎; كَرَّاث (karrāṯ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ	الْكُرَّاث‎; الْكَرَّاث al-kurrāṯ‎; al-karrāṯ	كُرَّاث‎; كَرَّاث kurrāṯ‎; karrāṯ
Nominative	كُرَّاثٌ‎; كَرَّاثٌ kurrāṯun‎; karrāṯun	الْكُرَّاثُ‎; الْكَرَّاثُ al-kurrāṯu‎; al-karrāṯu	كُرَّاثُ‎; كَرَّاثُ kurrāṯu‎; karrāṯu
Accusative	كُرَّاثًا‎; كَرَّاثًا kurrāṯan‎; karrāṯan	الْكُرَّاثَ‎; الْكَرَّاثَ al-kurrāṯa‎; al-karrāṯa	كُرَّاثَ‎; كَرَّاثَ kurrāṯa‎; karrāṯa
Genitive	كُرَّاثٍ‎; كَرَّاثٍ kurrāṯin‎; karrāṯin	الْكُرَّاثِ‎; الْكَرَّاثِ al-kurrāṯi‎; al-karrāṯi	كُرَّاثِ‎; كَرَّاثِ kurrāṯi‎; karrāṯi

Descendants

• Maltese: kurrat, korrat
• → Middle Armenian: քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ, “leek”), քուռիաթ (kʻuṙiatʻ), քուռութ (kʻuṙutʻ), քուռուս (kʻuṙus)
  • Armenian: քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ), քուռութ (kʻuṙutʻ)
• → English: kurrat
• → French: kurrat

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 144
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 46, page 267
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كراث”, 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 882
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 226–228
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 131–138
• “karašu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[5], volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 212–214
• “garaš [LEEK]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[6], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كراث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كراث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[7] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1094

Hijazi Arabic

كُرَّاث

Etymology

From Arabic كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈr.raːt/
• IPA^(key): /kuˈr.raːθ/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

كُرَّاث • (kurrāt) m

1. leek