سراج القطرب

Arabic

Etymology

Calque of Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ ܕܩܢܛܪܘܦܘܣ (šrāḡā ḏ-qanṭropos).

Noun

سِرَاج القُطْرُب • (sirāj al-quṭrub) m (obsolete)

1. mandrake (Mandragora spp.)

   Synonyms: يَبْرُوح (yabrūḥ), تُفَّاح الْجِنّ (tuffāḥ al-jinn), تُفَّاح الْمَجَانِين (tuffāḥ al-majānīn), لُفَّاح (luffāḥ)

2. loosestrife (Lysimachia spp.)
3. hollyhock (Alcea spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun سِرَاج الْقُطْرُب (sirāj al-quṭrub)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سِرَاج الْقُطْرُب sirāj al-quṭrub	—
Nominative	—	سِرَاجُ الْقُطْرُبِ sirāju l-quṭrubi	—
Accusative	—	سِرَاجَ الْقُطْرُبِ sirāja l-quṭrubi	—
Genitive	—	سِرَاجِ الْقُطْرُبِ sirāji l-quṭrubi	—

References

• Duval, Rubens (1892 January 8) “Origine grecque du mot arabe قُطْرُب”, in Journal asiatique, 8. Série, 19/1‎^[1] (in French), pages 158–159
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 200
• Ullmann, Manfred (1976) “Der Werwolf. Ein griechisches Sagenmotiv in arabischer Verkleidung”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[3] (in German), volume 68, page 181