إكسير
See also: اکسیر
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِكْسِيرِين (ʔiksīrīn)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܣܝܪܝܢ (ksīrīn), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”).
Noun
إِكْسِير • (ʔiksīr) m (plural أَكَاسِير (ʔakāsīr))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِكْسِير ʔiksīr |
الْإِكْسِير al-ʔiksīr |
إِكْسِير ʔiksīr |
| nominative | إِكْسِيرٌ ʔiksīrun |
الْإِكْسِيرُ al-ʔiksīru |
إِكْسِيرُ ʔiksīru |
| accusative | إِكْسِيرًا ʔiksīran |
الْإِكْسِيرَ al-ʔiksīra |
إِكْسِيرَ ʔiksīra |
| genitive | إِكْسِيرٍ ʔiksīrin |
الْإِكْسِيرِ al-ʔiksīri |
إِكْسِيرِ ʔiksīri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | إِكْسِيرَيْن ʔiksīrayn |
الْإِكْسِيرَيْن al-ʔiksīrayn |
إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray |
| nominative | إِكْسِيرَانِ ʔiksīrāni |
الْإِكْسِيرَانِ al-ʔiksīrāni |
إِكْسِيرَا ʔiksīrā |
| accusative | إِكْسِيرَيْنِ ʔiksīrayni |
الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ al-ʔiksīrayni |
إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray |
| genitive | إِكْسِيرَيْنِ ʔiksīrayni |
الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ al-ʔiksīrayni |
إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَكَايسِير ? |
الْأَكَايسِير ? |
أَكَايسِير ? |
| nominative | أَكَايسِيرٌ ? |
الْأَكَايسِيرُ ? |
أَكَايسِيرُ ? |
| accusative | أَكَايسِيرًا ? |
الْأَكَايسِيرَ ? |
أَكَايسِيرَ ? |
| genitive | أَكَايسِيرٍ ? |
الْأَكَايسِيرِ ? |
أَكَايسِيرِ ? |
Descendants
- → French: élixir
- → Polish: eliksir, eliksyr (obsolete), elixir (pre-reform orthography (1816))
- → Romanian: elixir
- → Medieval Latin: elixir
- → Ottoman Turkish: اكسیر
- Turkish: iksir
- → Persian: اکسیر (eksir)
References
- “ksyryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 339a
- مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ] (a. 1050) Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, , →ISBN, 106 (fol. 11v,16–12r,1), page 301