زفزف
Arabic
Alternative forms
- زُفْزُوف (zufzūf)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā), from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Also directly as زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zif.zif/
Noun
زِفْزِف • (zifzif) m
- jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Synonym: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 7, Art. 13, page 263:
- وَمَا وَجْهُ ٱلْعَمَلِ فِي غِرَاسَةِ ٱلْعُنَّابِ وَهُوَ ٱلنَّبَقُ وَهُوَ ٱلزِفْزِفُ
- wamā wajhu l-ʕamali fī ḡirāsati l-ʕunnābi wahuwa n-nabaqu wahuwa z-zifzifu
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زِفْزِف zifzif |
الزِّفْزِف az-zifzif |
زِفْزِف zifzif |
| nominative | زِفْزِفٌ zifzifun |
الزِّفْزِفُ az-zifzifu |
زِفْزِفُ zifzifu |
| accusative | زِفْزِفًا zifzifan |
الزِّفْزِفَ az-zifzifa |
زِفْزِفَ zifzifa |
| genitive | زِفْزِفٍ zifzifin |
الزِّفْزِفِ az-zifzifi |
زِفْزِفِ zifzifi |
Derived terms
- زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf, diminutive)
References
- “zwzp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زفزف”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 595
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زفزف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 243
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , pages 283–289
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[4] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 138–141