قنديل
See also: قندیل
Arabic
FWOTD – 25 April 2016
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“candle”).
Noun
قِنْدِيل • (qindīl) m (plural قَنَادِيل (qanādīl))
- lamp
- Synonyms: مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), سِرَاج (sirāj), نِبْرَاس (nibrās), لَمْبَة (lamba), وَابُور (wābūr), بَابُور (bābūr), فَانُوس (fānūs), مِشْعَل (mišʕal), (obsolete) زُجَاجَة (zujāja), مِسْرَجَة (misraja), قِرَاط (qirāṭ)
- 1996, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, لَا أَحَدَ يَنَامُ فِي ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة [No One Sleeps in Alexandria]:
- هَٰذَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ حَقِيقِيٌّ. اِقْتَرَبَ أَكْثَرَ وَقَرَّبَ ٱلْقِنْدِيلَ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ وَهَتَفَ
- hāḏā bnu ʔādama ḥaqīqiyyun. iqtaraba ʔakṯara waqarraba l-qindīla ʔilā wajhi l-ʔinsāni wahatafa
- This is a real human being! He came closer and shone the lamp in the human's face and exclaimed:
- candlestick, candelabrum
- thorny broom (Calicotome)
Declension
Declension of noun قِنْدِيل (qindīl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قِنْدِيل qindīl |
الْقِنْدِيل al-qindīl |
قِنْدِيل qindīl |
| Nominative | قِنْدِيلٌ qindīlun |
الْقِنْدِيلُ al-qindīlu |
قِنْدِيلُ qindīlu |
| Accusative | قِنْدِيلًا qindīlan |
الْقِنْدِيلَ al-qindīla |
قِنْدِيلَ qindīla |
| Genitive | قِنْدِيلٍ qindīlin |
الْقِنْدِيلِ al-qindīli |
قِنْدِيلِ qindīli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قِنْدِيلَيْن qindīlayn |
الْقِنْدِيلَيْن al-qindīlayn |
قِنْدِيلَيْ qindīlay |
| Nominative | قِنْدِيلَانِ qindīlāni |
الْقِنْدِيلَانِ al-qindīlāni |
قِنْدِيلَا qindīlā |
| Accusative | قِنْدِيلَيْنِ qindīlayni |
الْقِنْدِيلَيْنِ al-qindīlayni |
قِنْدِيلَيْ qindīlay |
| Genitive | قِنْدِيلَيْنِ qindīlayni |
الْقِنْدِيلَيْنِ al-qindīlayni |
قِنْدِيلَيْ qindīlay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَنَادِيل qanādīl |
الْقَنَادِيل al-qanādīl |
قَنَادِيل qanādīl |
| Nominative | قَنَادِيلُ qanādīlu |
الْقَنَادِيلُ al-qanādīlu |
قَنَادِيلُ qanādīlu |
| Accusative | قَنَادِيلَ qanādīla |
الْقَنَادِيلَ al-qanādīla |
قَنَادِيلَ qanādīla |
| Genitive | قَنَادِيلَ qanādīla |
الْقَنَادِيلِ al-qanādīli |
قَنَادِيلِ qanādīli |
Derived terms
- قِنْدِيل الْبَحْر (qindīl al-baḥr)
- قِنْدِيل نَفْط (qindīl nafṭ)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: qəndil
- → Extremaduran: candil
- → Galician: candil
- → Leonese: candil
- → Ottoman Turkish: قنديل (ḳandil)
- > Turkish: kandil (inherited)
- → Persian: قندیل (qandil)
- → Portuguese: candil
- → Russian: кандиль (kandilʹ)
- → Spanish: candil
- → Swahili: kandili
- → Uyghur: قەندىل (qendil)
- → Uzbek: qandil
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡan.diːl/
Moroccan Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qan.diːl/
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