قيثارة

Arabic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor.

Aramaic קיתראbor.

Arabic قيثارة

Borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא (qīṯārā), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qiː.θaː.ra/

Noun

قِيثَارَة • (qīṯāra) f (plural قِيثَارَات (qīṯārāt) or قَيَاثِير (qayāṯīr))

(music) 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; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِيثَارَات‎; قَيَاثِير qīṯārāt‎; qayāṯīr	الْقِيثَارَات‎; الْقَيَاثِير al-qīṯārāt‎; al-qayāṯīr	قِيثَارَات‎; قَيَاثِير qīṯārāt‎; qayāṯīr
nominative	قِيثَارَاتٌ‎; قَيَاثِيرُ qīṯārātun‎; qayāṯīru	الْقِيثَارَاتُ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرُ al-qīṯārātu‎; al-qayāṯīru	قِيثَارَاتُ‎; قَيَاثِيرُ qīṯārātu‎; qayāṯīru
accusative	قِيثَارَاتٍ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārātin‎; qayāṯīra	الْقِيثَارَاتِ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرَ al-qīṯārāti‎; al-qayāṯīra	قِيثَارَاتِ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārāti‎; qayāṯīra
genitive	قِيثَارَاتٍ‎; قَيَاثِيرَ qīṯārātin‎; qayāṯīra	الْقِيثَارَاتِ‎; الْقَيَاثِيرِ al-qīṯārāti‎; al-qayāṯīri	قِيثَارَاتِ‎; قَيَاثِيرِ qīṯārāti‎; qayāṯīri

Descendants

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: guitarra
- Fala: guitarra
- Galician: guitarra
- Portuguese: guitarra
→ Spanish: guitarra (see there for further descendants)
→ Italian: chitarra
- → Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)
- → Romanian: chitară

References

Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قيثارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1073