سمحاق

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps representing the Proto-Semitic causative prefix ša- prepended to the root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q) related to erasure as it is the outer layer of a bone just below the skin and mechanically attrited for bones to be used, however it must be a Southern dialectal term in origin since that prefix is almost everywhere ʾa- or at least ha- in Arabic (while Modern South Arabian preserves this ša-, albeit with the sound /ʃ/).

Noun

سِمْحَاق • (simḥāq) m (plural سَمَاحِيق (samāḥīq))

1. (anatomy) periosteum

Declension

Declension of noun سِمْحَاق (simḥāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمْحَاق simḥāq	السِّمْحَاق as-simḥāq	سِمْحَاق simḥāq
Nominative	سِمْحَاقٌ simḥāqun	السِّمْحَاقُ as-simḥāqu	سِمْحَاقُ simḥāqu
Accusative	سِمْحَاقًا simḥāqan	السِّمْحَاقَ as-simḥāqa	سِمْحَاقَ simḥāqa
Genitive	سِمْحَاقٍ simḥāqin	السِّمْحَاقِ as-simḥāqi	سِمْحَاقِ simḥāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمْحَاقَيْن simḥāqayn	السِّمْحَاقَيْن as-simḥāqayn	سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay
Nominative	سِمْحَاقَانِ simḥāqāni	السِّمْحَاقَانِ as-simḥāqāni	سِمْحَاقَا simḥāqā
Accusative	سِمْحَاقَيْنِ simḥāqayni	السِّمْحَاقَيْنِ as-simḥāqayni	سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay
Genitive	سِمْحَاقَيْنِ simḥāqayni	السِّمْحَاقَيْنِ as-simḥāqayni	سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَاحِيق samāḥīq	السَّمَاحِيق as-samāḥīq	سَمَاحِيق samāḥīq
Nominative	سَمَاحِيقُ samāḥīqu	السَّمَاحِيقُ as-samāḥīqu	سَمَاحِيقُ samāḥīqu
Accusative	سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa	السَّمَاحِيقَ as-samāḥīqa	سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa
Genitive	سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa	السَّمَاحِيقِ as-samāḥīqi	سَمَاحِيقِ samāḥīqi

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: alzemach

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سمحاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1423
• Steiger, Arnald (1960) “Voces de origen oriental contenidas en el Tesoro lexicográfico de Samuel Gili Gaya”, in Revista de Filología Española‎^[2] (in Spanish), volume 43, numbers 1.^o–2.^o, →DOI, page 55