أصطرك

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَسْطَرَك (ʔasṭarak), إِصْطَرَك (ʔiṣṭarak), إسْطَرَك (ʔisṭarak)

Etymology

Via Classical Syriac ܐܣܛܘܪܟܐ (ʾesṭurkā) from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔasˤ.tˤa.rak/

Noun

أَصْطَرَك • (ʔaṣṭarak) m

1. storax (tree and resin)

   Hyponyms: لُبْنَى (lubnā), مَيْعَة (mayʕa)

Declension

Declension of noun أَصْطَرَك (ʔaṣṭarak)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَصْطَرَك ʔaṣṭarak	الْأَصْطَرَك al-ʔaṣṭarak	أَصْطَرَك ʔaṣṭarak
nominative	أَصْطَرَكٌ ʔaṣṭarakun	الْأَصْطَرَكُ al-ʔaṣṭaraku	أَصْطَرَكُ ʔaṣṭaraku
accusative	أَصْطَرَكًا ʔaṣṭarakan	الْأَصْطَرَكَ al-ʔaṣṭaraka	أَصْطَرَكَ ʔaṣṭaraka
genitive	أَصْطَرَكٍ ʔaṣṭarakin	الْأَصْطَرَكِ al-ʔaṣṭaraki	أَصْطَرَكِ ʔaṣṭaraki

References

• مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ] (a. 1050) Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 69 (fol. 8v,11–17), page 270
• “ˀsṭwrkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–