عرفج

Arabic

عَرْفَج

Etymology

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Noun

عَرْفَج • (ʕarfaj) m (collective, singulative عَرْفَجَة f (ʕarfaja))

1. Rhanterium epapposum (useful as tinder and grazing plant, and rarely for yellow colouring)
2. by extension, other species of Rhanterium where those grow

Declension

Declension of noun عَرْفَج (ʕarfaj)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْفَج ʕarfaj	الْعَرْفَج al-ʕarfaj	عَرْفَج ʕarfaj
Nominative	عَرْفَجٌ ʕarfajun	الْعَرْفَجُ al-ʕarfaju	عَرْفَجُ ʕarfaju
Accusative	عَرْفَجًا ʕarfajan	الْعَرْفَجَ al-ʕarfaja	عَرْفَجَ ʕarfaja
Genitive	عَرْفَجٍ ʕarfajin	الْعَرْفَجِ al-ʕarfaji	عَرْفَجِ ʕarfaji
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْفَجَة ʕarfaja	الْعَرْفَجَة al-ʕarfaja	عَرْفَجَة ʕarfajat
Nominative	عَرْفَجَةٌ ʕarfajatun	الْعَرْفَجَةُ al-ʕarfajatu	عَرْفَجَةُ ʕarfajatu
Accusative	عَرْفَجَةً ʕarfajatan	الْعَرْفَجَةَ al-ʕarfajata	عَرْفَجَةَ ʕarfajata
Genitive	عَرْفَجَةٍ ʕarfajatin	الْعَرْفَجَةِ al-ʕarfajati	عَرْفَجَةِ ʕarfajati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْفَجَتَيْن ʕarfajatayn	الْعَرْفَجَتَيْن al-ʕarfajatayn	عَرْفَجَتَيْ ʕarfajatay
Nominative	عَرْفَجَتَانِ ʕarfajatāni	الْعَرْفَجَتَانِ al-ʕarfajatāni	عَرْفَجَتَا ʕarfajatā
Accusative	عَرْفَجَتَيْنِ ʕarfajatayni	الْعَرْفَجَتَيْنِ al-ʕarfajatayni	عَرْفَجَتَيْ ʕarfajatay
Genitive	عَرْفَجَتَيْنِ ʕarfajatayni	الْعَرْفَجَتَيْنِ al-ʕarfajatayni	عَرْفَجَتَيْ ʕarfajatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْفَجَات ʕarfajāt	الْعَرْفَجَات al-ʕarfajāt	عَرْفَجَات ʕarfajāt
Nominative	عَرْفَجَاتٌ ʕarfajātun	الْعَرْفَجَاتُ al-ʕarfajātu	عَرْفَجَاتُ ʕarfajātu
Accusative	عَرْفَجَاتٍ ʕarfajātin	الْعَرْفَجَاتِ al-ʕarfajāti	عَرْفَجَاتِ ʕarfajāti
Genitive	عَرْفَجَاتٍ ʕarfajātin	الْعَرْفَجَاتِ al-ʕarfajāti	عَرْفَجَاتِ ʕarfajāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عرفج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2017
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 8, 30–31, 62, 74–75, 96, 103, 143, 206, 211, 259, 332