عصا الراعي

Arabic

عصا الراعي – Cyclamen persicum

Etymology

Calque of Classical Syriac ܚܘܛܪܝ ܪܥܝܐ (ḥuṭray rāʿyā), itself a calque of Akkadian 𒌑𒃻𒉺 (^U₂GAR.PA /⁠ḫaṭṭi rē’î⁠/, literally “herd’s staff”), or an unattested expression with 𒄷𒁕𒊒 (ḫu-ṭa-ru /⁠ḫuṭāru⁠/, “staff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.sˤa‿r.raː.ʕiː/
• (Palestine) IPA^(key): /ʕa.sˤat‿ir.raː.ʕi/

Noun

عَصَا الرَاعِي • (ʕaṣā r-rāʕī) f

1. sowbread (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum the leaves of which are filled and eaten as rolls, the roots are used for saponin)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بخور مريم

2. bistort (Polygonum aviculare and Bistorta officinalis)
3. Misconstruction of كِيس الرَاعِي (kīs ar-rāʕī) “shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris”

Declension

Declension of noun عَصَا الرَّاعِي (ʕaṣā r-rāʕī)

Singular	singular in ـًا (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī	—
Nominative	—	عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī	—
Accusative	—	عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī	—
Genitive	—	عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī	—

References

• “ḥwṭry**rˁyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 34
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 368
• Stol, Marten (2012) “[Review of] GIGNOUX, P. - Lexique des termes de la pharmacopée syriaque. (Cahiers de Studia Iranica 47, Chétiens en terre d'Iran V). Peeters, Leuven, 2011”, in Bibliotheca Orientalis‎^[3], volume 69, numbers 5–6, column 628