اللات
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Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- اَللَّٰت (al-lāt) — classical spelling
Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possible etymologies:[1]
- From the root ل ت ت (l-t-t), from which the verb لَتَّ (latta, “to mix, or knead, barley-meal”) is derived. This is the explanation given in Arab lexicographical tradition and supported by epigraphic evidence; compare Hismaic 𐪁𐪉 (lt).
- A feminine form of اللّٰه (allāh) or الإلٰه (al-ʔilāh). This is supported by the form given by Herodotus, who identifies Ἀλιλᾱ́τ (Alilā́t) (which would correspond to *اَلْإِلَات (*alʔilāt)) with Aphrodite Urania,[2] and is explained as having the same ending as some ossified vocative forms like أَخَات (ʔaḵāt) for أُخْت (ʔuḵt, “sister”).[3] However, many gods and goddesses were referred to by the titles الإلٰه (al-ʔilāh) and الإِلٰهَة (al-ʔilāha), and so it is not certain that the goddess referenced by Herodotus is the same.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]اللَّات • (al-lāt) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun اللَّات (al-lāt)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | اللَّات al-lāt |
— |
Nominative | — | اللَّاتُ al-lātu |
— |
Accusative | — | اللَّاتَ al-lāta |
— |
Genitive | — | اللَّاتِ al-lāti |
— |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fahd, T., "al-Lāt", Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 5: Khe-Mahi, 2nd edition, ed. by C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, B. Lewis and Ch. Pellat, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986, page 892
- ^ J.F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus
- ^ Bauer, Hans (1915) “Semitische Sprachprobleme. 5. Die Verwandtschaftsnamen und ilāh „Gott“ im Semitischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 69, page 561
Further reading
[edit]اللات on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar