قيثارة

Arabic

Alternative forms

قِيتَارَة (qītāra), قِيثَار (qīṯār), قِيتَار (qītār)

Etymology

From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qiː.θaː.ra/

Noun

قِيثَارَة • (qīṯāra) f (plural قِيثَارَات (qīṯārāt))

guitar

Declension

Declension of noun قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَة qīṯāra	الْقِيثَارَة al-qīṯāra	قِيثَارَة qīṯārat
Nominative	قِيثَارَةٌ qīṯāratun	الْقِيثَارَةُ al-qīṯāratu	قِيثَارَةُ qīṯāratu
Accusative	قِيثَارَةً qīṯāratan	الْقِيثَارَةَ al-qīṯārata	قِيثَارَةَ qīṯārata
Genitive	قِيثَارَةٍ qīṯāratin	الْقِيثَارَةِ al-qīṯārati	قِيثَارَةِ qīṯārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَتَيْن qīṯāratayn	الْقِيثَارَتَيْن al-qīṯāratayn	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Nominative	قِيثَارَتَانِ qīṯāratāni	الْقِيثَارَتَانِ al-qīṯāratāni	قِيثَارَتَا qīṯāratā
Accusative	قِيثَارَتَيْنِ qīṯāratayni	الْقِيثَارَتَيْنِ al-qīṯāratayni	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Genitive	قِيثَارَتَيْنِ qīṯāratayni	الْقِيثَارَتَيْنِ al-qīṯāratayni	قِيثَارَتَيْ qīṯāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِيثَارَات qīṯārāt	الْقِيثَارَات al-qīṯārāt	قِيثَارَات qīṯārāt
Nominative	قِيثَارَاتٌ qīṯārātun	الْقِيثَارَاتُ al-qīṯārātu	قِيثَارَاتُ qīṯārātu
Accusative	قِيثَارَاتٍ qīṯārātin	الْقِيثَارَاتِ al-qīṯārāti	قِيثَارَاتِ qīṯārāti
Genitive	قِيثَارَاتٍ qīṯārātin	الْقِيثَارَاتِ al-qīṯārāti	قِيثَارَاتِ qīṯārāti

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: قيثارة (qitara)
- → Spanish: guitarra
  - → Cebuano: gitara
  - → English: guitar
  - → French: guitare
  - ⇒ Old French: guiterne
    - → English: gittern
      - ⇒ English: cittern
  - → German: Gitarre
    - → Hungarian: gitár
  - → Latvian: ģitāra
  - → Macedonian: гитара (gitara)
  - → Polish: gitara
  - → Russian: гитара (gitara)
    - → Mongolian: гитар (gitar)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: гитара
  - → Tagalog: gitara
  - → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱töra
→ Italian: chitarra
- → Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)
- → Romanian: chitară

References

Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قيثارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1073

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