لحلاح
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of قِلَحْلَاح (qilaḥlāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qᵊlaḥlāḥā, “giant fennel; any giant stem”) which is also found as كَلْخ (kalḵ, “fennel”), by observation of the stems of the plant. The same kind of clipping is found in لَبْلَاب (lablāb).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]لَحْلَاح • (laḥlāḥ) m
- meadow-saffron, hermodactyl (Colchicum spp.)
- Synonyms: سُورَنْجَان (sūranjān), فَرْج الْأَرْض (farj al-ʔarḍ), قَلْب الأَرْض (qalb al-ʔarḍ), قَسْطَل الْأَرْض (qasṭal al-ʔarḍ)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ |
اللَّحْلَاح al-laḥlāḥ |
لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ |
Nominative | لَحْلَاحٌ laḥlāḥun |
اللَّحْلَاحُ al-laḥlāḥu |
لَحْلَاحُ laḥlāḥu |
Accusative | لَحْلَاحًا laḥlāḥan |
اللَّحْلَاحَ al-laḥlāḥa |
لَحْلَاحَ laḥlāḥa |
Genitive | لَحْلَاحٍ laḥlāḥin |
اللَّحْلَاحِ al-laḥlāḥi |
لَحْلَاحِ laḥlāḥi |
References
[edit]- “qlḥlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “qlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 339–340