شحيرة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܚܝܪܐ (ṣəḥīrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ħiː.ra/

Noun

شَحِيرَة • (šaḥīra) f

1. (obsolete) iron vitriol, green vitriol

   Synonyms: زَاج أَخْضَر (zāj ʔaḵḍar), زَاج عِرَاقِيّ (zāj ʕirāqiyy), زَاج الْحِبْر (zāj al-ḥibr)

Declension

Declension of noun شَحِيرَة (šaḥīra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَحِيرَة šaḥīra	الشَّحِيرَة aš-šaḥīra	شَحِيرَة šaḥīrat
Nominative	شَحِيرَةٌ šaḥīratun	الشَّحِيرَةُ aš-šaḥīratu	شَحِيرَةُ šaḥīratu
Accusative	شَحِيرَةً šaḥīratan	الشَّحِيرَةَ aš-šaḥīrata	شَحِيرَةَ šaḥīrata
Genitive	شَحِيرَةٍ šaḥīratin	الشَّحِيرَةِ aš-šaḥīrati	شَحِيرَةِ šaḥīrati

Related terms

• ش ح ر (š-ḥ-r)

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, page 706
• “šxyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–