قرطم

Arabic
قُرْطُم‎

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ‎ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ‎ (qarṭem, “to cut off gently, to trim”), from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qur.tˤum/

Noun

قُرْطُم‎ • (qurṭum) m

  1. distaff thistle (Carthamus)

Declension
Declension of noun قُرْطُم‎‎ (qurṭum)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قُرْطُم‎‎
qurṭum		 الْقُرْطُم‎‎
al-qurṭum		 قُرْطُم‎‎
qurṭum
Nominative قُرْطُم‎ٌ‎
qurṭumun		 الْقُرْطُم‎ُ‎
al-qurṭumu		 قُرْطُم‎ُ‎
qurṭumu
Accusative قُرْطُم‎ًا‎
qurṭuman		 الْقُرْطُم‎َ‎
al-qurṭuma		 قُرْطُم‎َ‎
qurṭuma
Genitive قُرْطُم‎ٍ‎
qurṭumin		 الْقُرْطُم‎ِ‎
al-qurṭumi		 قُرْطُم‎ِ‎
qurṭumi

Further reading
  • قرطم‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • “qrṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

References
  • Löw, Immanuel (1922), “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114
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