بوقيصا

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Obviously of foreign origin, as its synonyms, maybe a deformation of an “elm” word reconstructible for Proto-Iranian and Proto-Balto-Slavic, Latvian vīksna, Central Kurdish inter alia ووزم (wuzm), بووز (bûz), which vocalism could have been reinterpreted as بُو (bū, “father of”) of often occurrence in Arabic organism names.

Noun

بُوقِيصَا • (būqīṣā) f

elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)
Synonyms: شَجَر ال بَقّ (šajar al-baqq), دَرْدَار (dardār), نَشَم (našam)

Declension

Declension of noun **بُوقِيصَا** (būqīṣā)
singular	singular invariable
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā	الْبُوقِيصَا al-būqīṣā	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā
nominative	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā	الْبُوقِيصَا al-būqīṣā	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā
accusative	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā	الْبُوقِيصَا al-būqīṣā	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā
genitive	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā	الْبُوقِيصَا al-būqīṣā	بُوقِيصَا būqīṣā

Derived terms

بُوقِيصِيّ (būqīṣiyy, “ulmaceous”)

Descendants

→ Israeli Hebrew: בּוּקִיצָה (būqīṣā)