جوز القيء

Arabic

جَوْز الْقَيْء – Trichilia emetica

جَوْز الْقَيْء – Strychnos nux-vomica

Alternative forms

• جَوْز مُقَيِّء (jawz muqayyiʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawz al.qajʔ/

Noun

جَوْز القَيْء • (jawz al-qayʔ) m

1. mafura (Trichilia emetica)

   Synonyms: رُقَع (ruqaʕ), جَوْز الرُقَع (jawz ar-ruqaʕ)

2. vomit nut (Strychnos nux-vomica)

Usage notes

It first referred to the African plant Trichilia emetica and from the sixteenth to seventeenth European century it was replaced by the Southeast Asian Strychnos nux-vomica.

Declension

Declension of noun جَوْز الْقَيْء (jawz al-qayʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جَوْز الْقَيْء jawz al-qayʔ	—
Nominative	—	جَوْزُ الْقَيْءِ jawzu l-qayʔi	—
Accusative	—	جَوْزَ الْقَيْءِ jawza l-qayʔi	—
Genitive	—	جَوْزِ الْقَيْءِ jawzi l-qayʔi	—

References

• Amar, Zohar, Lev, Efraim (2016) Arabian Drugs in Medieval Mediterranean Medicine, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 138