شفلح

Arabic

Etymology

While the shape suggests a Hurrian plant name, the ending is rather part of an Aramaic root פ־ל־ח / ܦ ܠ ܚ (as in فَلَّاح (fallāḥ)) or פ־ר־ח / ܦ ܪ ܚ, which have been used for plant capsules bursting open such as the developing caperberry does; Aramaic פׅרְחָא (pirḥā) / ܦܲܪܚܵܐ (parḥā) is specifically attested as meaning caper. Compare parallel developments in لَصَف (laṣaf, “caper”); and indeed عِتْر (ʕitr, “caper; Glossonema varians”) is from a root used for slit offerings. The leading syllable in the present Arabic word is the Proto-Semitic causative prefix *ša-.

Noun

شَفَلَّح • (šafallaḥ) m

  1. caper (Capparis spinosa and its produce)
    Synonyms: كَبَر (kabar), عِتْر (ʕitr), لَصَف (laṣaf)

Declension

Declension of noun شَفَلَّح (šafallaḥ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal شَفَلَّح
šafallaḥ 		الشَّفَلَّح
aš-šafallaḥ 		شَفَلَّح
šafallaḥ
nominative شَفَلَّحٌ
šafallaḥun 		الشَّفَلَّحُ
aš-šafallaḥu 		شَفَلَّحُ
šafallaḥu
accusative شَفَلَّحًا
šafallaḥan 		الشَّفَلَّحَ
aš-šafallaḥa 		شَفَلَّحَ
šafallaḥa
genitive شَفَلَّحٍ
šafallaḥin 		الشَّفَلَّحِ
aš-šafallaḥi 		شَفَلَّحِ
šafallaḥi

References

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