عنب الثعلب

See also: عبب الثعلب

Arabic

Etymology

Literally “fox's grapes”. In meaning Physalis species, a folk etymology-motivated and perhaps also taṣḥīf-influenced replacement term for the old-classical عُبَب الثَعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab, literally “fox's Withania”) – see عُبْعُب (ʕubʕub) – and for the confusion between Solanum and Physalis spp.; compare Amharic ኣውጥ (ʾawwəṭ), also meaning Solanum nigrum, Solanum villosum subsp. alatum, and Physalis spp., distinguished sometimes by color-adjectives, like there is English red nightshade, yellow nightshade, green nightshade, black nightshade etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.nab aθ.θaʕ.lab/

Noun

عِنَب الثَّعْلَب • (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab) m

1. gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

   Hypernyms: كِشْمِش (kišmiš), رِيبَاس (rībās)

   Coordinate term: عِنَب الذِّئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)

2. blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)

   Synonyms: كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (kišmiš ʔaswad), عِنَب الذِّئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)

   Hypernyms: كِشْمِش (kišmiš), رِيبَاس (rībās)

3. Abyssinian gooseberry (Dovyalis abyssinica)
4. hairy nightshade, woolly nightshade, red nightshade (Solanum villosum, including Solanum villosum subsp. alatum seen by some as a distinct species Solanum alatum)
5. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

   Synonyms: عِنَب الذِّئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb), مَغْد أَسْوَد (maḡd ʔaswad)

6. winter cherry, poison gooseberry, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera, syn. Physalis somnifera)

   Synonyms: عُبَب (ʕubab), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

7. winter cherry, bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

   Synonyms: كَاكَنْج (kākanj), عُبَب (ʕubab), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

   Hypernym: حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)

Declension

Declension of noun عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	عِنَب الثَّعْلَب ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab	—
Nominative	—	عِنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ ʕinabu ṯ-ṯaʕlabi	—
Accusative	—	عِنَبَ الثَّعْلَبِ ʕinaba ṯ-ṯaʕlabi	—
Genitive	—	عِنَبِ الثَّعْلَبِ ʕinabi ṯ-ṯaʕlabi	—