أذن الفأر

Arabic

أُذن الْفَأْر – Myosotis stricta

أُذن الْفَأْر – Anagallis arvensis

Etymology

Literally “ear of the mouse”, calque of Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “mouse-ear”), probably via its calque Classical Syriac ܐܹܕܢܲܝ ܥܘ݂ܩܒܪ̈ܐ pl (ʾeḏnay ʿuqbǝrē, literally “mouse-ear”) which is also transmitted corruptly as an alleged **عَنْقَر (**ʕanqar), which should be corrected to عُقْبَر (ʕuqbar); pursuant to which this Arabic is also often posited in the plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuðn al.faʔr/

Noun

أُذْن الفَأْر • (ʔuḏn al-faʔr) f (plural آذَان الْفَأْر (ʔāḏān al-faʔr))

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see أُذْن (ʔuḏn),‎ فَأْر (faʔr)
2. forget-me-not, scorpion-grass (Myosotis gen. et spp., especially the blue forget-me-not, small-flowered forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta))
3. pimpernel (Anagallis gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: حَبَق الْفَتَى (ḥabaq al-fatā), أَنَاغَالِس (ʔanāḡālis), حَبَق الْفِيل (ḥabaq al-fīl)

Declension

Declension of noun أُذْن الْفَأْر (ʔuḏn al-faʔr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أُذْن الْفَأْر ʔuḏn al-faʔr	—
Nominative	—	أُذْنُ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnu l-faʔri	—
Accusative	—	أُذْنَ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏna l-faʔri	—
Genitive	—	أُذْنِ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏni l-faʔri	—
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْر ʔuḏnay al-faʔr	—
Nominative	—	أُذْنَا الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnā l-faʔri	—
Accusative	—	أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri	—
Genitive	—	أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri	—
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	آذَان الْفَأْر ʔāḏān al-faʔr	—
Nominative	—	آذَانُ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏānu l-faʔri	—
Accusative	—	آذَانَ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāna l-faʔri	—
Genitive	—	آذَانِ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāni l-faʔri	—