جوز القيء

Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒawz al.qajʔ/

Noun

جَوْز القَيْء • (jawz al-qayʔm

  1. mafura (Trichilia emetica)
    Synonyms: رُقَع (ruqaʕ), جَوْز الرُقَع (jawz ar-ruqaʕ)
  2. vomit nut (Strychnos nux-vomica)

Usage notes

It first referred to the African plant Trichilia emetica and from the sixteenth to seventeenth European century it was replaced by the Southeast Asian Strychnos nux-vomica.

Declension

Declension of noun جَوْز الْقَيْء (jawz al-qayʔ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جَوْز الْقَيْء
jawz al-qayʔ
nominative جَوْزُ الْقَيْءِ
jawzu l-qayʔi
accusative جَوْزَ الْقَيْءِ
jawza l-qayʔi
genitive جَوْزِ الْقَيْءِ
jawzi l-qayʔi

References

  • Amar, Zohar, Lev, Efraim (2016) Arabian Drugs in Medieval Mediterranean Medicine, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 138