نطار

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܘܽܛܳܪܳܐ (nuṭṭārā, “watch, vigil”). Doublet of نِظَارَة (niẓāra, “supervision”).

Noun

نُطَّار • (nuṭṭār) m (plural نَطَاطِير (naṭāṭīr))

1. scarecrow

   Synonyms: خَيَال (ḵayāl), فَزَّاعَة (fazzāʕa)

Declension

Declension of noun نُطَّار (nuṭṭār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نُطَّار nuṭṭār	النُّطَّار an-nuṭṭār	نُطَّار nuṭṭār
nominative	نُطَّارٌ nuṭṭārun	النُّطَّارُ an-nuṭṭāru	نُطَّارُ nuṭṭāru
accusative	نُطَّارًا nuṭṭāran	النُّطَّارَ an-nuṭṭāra	نُطَّارَ nuṭṭāra
genitive	نُطَّارٍ nuṭṭārin	النُّطَّارِ an-nuṭṭāri	نُطَّارِ nuṭṭāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نُطَّارَيْن nuṭṭārayn	النُّطَّارَيْن an-nuṭṭārayn	نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray
nominative	نُطَّارَانِ nuṭṭārāni	النُّطَّارَانِ an-nuṭṭārāni	نُطَّارَا nuṭṭārā
accusative	نُطَّارَيْنِ nuṭṭārayni	النُّطَّارَيْنِ an-nuṭṭārayni	نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray
genitive	نُطَّارَيْنِ nuṭṭārayni	النُّطَّارَيْنِ an-nuṭṭārayni	نُطَّارَيْ nuṭṭāray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَطَاطِير naṭāṭīr	النَّطَاطِير an-naṭāṭīr	نَطَاطِير naṭāṭīr
nominative	نَطَاطِيرُ naṭāṭīru	النَّطَاطِيرُ an-naṭāṭīru	نَطَاطِيرُ naṭāṭīru
accusative	نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra	النَّطَاطِيرَ an-naṭāṭīra	نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra
genitive	نَطَاطِيرَ naṭāṭīra	النَّطَاطِيرِ an-naṭāṭīri	نَطَاطِيرِ naṭāṭīri

References

• “نطار” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 138
• Freytag, Georg (1837), “نطار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 295
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “نطار”, 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 1283
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “نطار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2810.
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “نطار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1142
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “نطار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1283