خروع

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Classical Syriac ܚܪ̈ܘܥܐ (ḥarrūʿā, “yellow”) as the male flowers are yellow; compare also ܚܪܝܥܐ (ḥrīˁā, “safflower”) and ܚܪܐ (ḥrāˁ, “a plant name, especially those with yellow flowers”).

Noun

خِرْوَع or خَرُّوع • (ḵirwaʕ or ḵarrūʕ) m

1. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

Declension

Declension of noun خِرْوَع (ḵirwaʕ)‎; خَرُّوع (ḵarrūʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِرْوَع‎; خَرُّوع ḵirwaʕ‎; ḵarrūʕ	الْخِرْوَع‎; الْخَرُّوع al-ḵirwaʕ‎; al-ḵarrūʕ	خِرْوَع‎; خَرُّوع ḵirwaʕ‎; ḵarrūʕ
Nominative	خِرْوَعٌ‎; خَرُّوعٌ ḵirwaʕun‎; ḵarrūʕun	الْخِرْوَعُ‎; الْخَرُّوعُ al-ḵirwaʕu‎; al-ḵarrūʕu	خِرْوَعُ‎; خَرُّوعُ ḵirwaʕu‎; ḵarrūʕu
Accusative	خِرْوَعًا‎; خَرُّوعًا ḵirwaʕan‎; ḵarrūʕan	الْخِرْوَعَ‎; الْخَرُّوعَ al-ḵirwaʕa‎; al-ḵarrūʕa	خِرْوَعَ‎; خَرُّوعَ ḵirwaʕa‎; ḵarrūʕa
Genitive	خِرْوَعٍ‎; خَرُّوعٍ ḵirwaʕin‎; ḵarrūʕin	الْخِرْوَعِ‎; الْخَرُّوعِ al-ḵirwaʕi‎; al-ḵarrūʕi	خِرْوَعِ‎; خَرُّوعِ ḵirwaʕi‎; ḵarrūʕi

References

• “ḥrwˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥrˁ²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥryˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Duke, James (1983) “Ricinus communis L.”, in Handbook of Energy Crops
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 141–142
• Löw, Immanuel (1922) “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, page 107
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 353
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خروع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 331