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غبيراء

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Arabic

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غُبَيْرَاء (Sorbus aucuparia)
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar, dust-coloured), compare for the form صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ, planetree maple) and سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, seepweed).

Root
غ ب ر (ḡ b r)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔf

  1. mountain ash, rowan (Sorbus gen. et spp.)
  2. rupturewort (Herniaria hemistemon)
  3. heliotropes (Heliotropium spp.)
  4. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
  5. Polycarpaea spp. (syn. Robbairea spp. and Polycarpon spp.)
  6. (apocryphal) Lepidagathis spp.
  7. (apocryphal) sweetjuices (Glinus spp.)

Declension

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غبيراء”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 199-200
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبيراء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 255
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 251–253