جعضيض
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ض ض (ʕ ḍ ḍ) |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
In Classical Arabic يَعْضِيض (yaʕḍīḍ), from عَضَّ (ʕaḍḍa, “to bite”) due to its jagged appearance, altered after a scheme known from جَرْبُوز (jarbūz) and جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ), perhaps also under influence of the plant-names جَعْدَة (jaʕda) and جُعْدَة (juʕda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʕ.dˤiːdˤ/
Noun
جَعْضِيض • (jaʕḍīḍ) m
- common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
- Synonym: تِفَاف (tifāf)
- (sometimes) endive (Cichorium gen. et spp. of the same tribe)
- Synonym: هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ)
- Hyponym: طَرَخَشْقُون (ṭaraḵašqūn)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ |
الْجَعْضِيض al-jaʕḍīḍ |
جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ |
| nominative | جَعْضِيضٌ jaʕḍīḍun |
الْجَعْضِيضُ al-jaʕḍīḍu |
جَعْضِيضُ jaʕḍīḍu |
| accusative | جَعْضِيضًا jaʕḍīḍan |
الْجَعْضِيضَ al-jaʕḍīḍa |
جَعْضِيضَ jaʕḍīḍa |
| genitive | جَعْضِيضٍ jaʕḍīḍin |
الْجَعْضِيضِ al-jaʕḍīḍi |
جَعْضِيضِ jaʕḍīḍi |
References
- أحمد تيمور باشا (a. 1930) “جُعْضيضْ”, in الألفاظ العامية المصرية (in Arabic)