أذن الفأر
Arabic
Etymology
Literally “ear of the mouse”, calque of Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “mouse-ear”), probably via its calque Classical Syriac ܐܹܕܢܲܝ ܥܘ݂ܩܒܪ̈ܐ pl (ʾeḏnay ʿuqbǝrē, literally “mouse-ear”) which is also transmitted corruptly as an alleged **عَنْقَر (**ʕanqar), which should be corrected to عُقْبَر (ʕuqbar); pursuant to which this Arabic is also often posited in the plural.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuðn al.faʔr/
Noun
أُذْن الفَأْر • (ʔuḏn al-faʔr) f (plural آذَان الْفَأْر (ʔāḏān al-faʔr))
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see أُذْن (ʔuḏn), فَأْر (faʔr)
- forget-me-not, scorpion-grass (Myosotis gen. et spp., especially the blue forget-me-not, small-flowered forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta))
- pimpernel (Anagallis gen. et spp.)
- Synonyms: حَبَق الْفَتَى (ḥabaq al-fatā), أَنَاغَالِس (ʔanāḡālis), حَبَق الْفِيل (ḥabaq al-fīl)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أُذْن الْفَأْر ʔuḏn al-faʔr |
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| nominative | — | أُذْنُ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnu l-faʔri |
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| accusative | — | أُذْنَ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏna l-faʔri |
— |
| genitive | — | أُذْنِ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏni l-faʔri |
— |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْر ʔuḏnay al-faʔr |
— |
| nominative | — | أُذْنَا الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnā l-faʔri |
— |
| accusative | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri |
— |
| genitive | — | أُذْنَيْ الْفَأْرِ ʔuḏnay al-faʔri |
— |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | آذَان الْفَأْر ʔāḏān al-faʔr |
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| nominative | — | آذَانُ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏānu l-faʔri |
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| accusative | — | آذَانَ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāna l-faʔri |
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| genitive | — | آذَانِ الْفَأْرِ ʔāḏāni l-faʔri |
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