شقائق النعمان
Arabic
Etymology
According to Arabic tradition it is the name of King nuʕmān ibn-al-munḏir of al-Ḥīra who patronized the flower, but this has been recognized after Lagarde as impossible, rather شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa) would be a cranberry morpheme from the root ش ق ق (š q q) meaning something like “gash, wound” and the second name equal the Biblical figure נַעֲמָן (naʕămān) as a byname of Adonis like נַעֲמָה (naʕămā) of Astarte, for in Jes. 17, 10 נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (niṭʕē naʕămānīm, “Gardens of Adonis”) were dedicated to the lover of Ishtar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.qaː.ʔiq an.nuʕ.maːn/, /ʃa.qaː.ʔiq an.naʕ.maːn/
Noun
شَقَائِق النُّعْمَان • (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān) m (collective, singulative شَقِيقَة النُّعْمَان m (šaqīqa(t) an-nuʕmān) or شَقِيق النُّعْمَان (šaqīq an-nuʕmān))
- poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria)
- Synonyms: حَبَّبَوْر (ḥabbabawr), شَقِر (šaqir), دَيْدَحَان (daydaḥān)
- sea anemone (any polyp of the order Actiniaria)
Declension
| collective | basic collective diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | شَقَائِق النُّعْمَان šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān |
— |
| nominative | — | شَقَائِقُ النُّعْمَانِ šaqāʔiqu n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| accusative | — | شَقَائِقَ النُّعْمَانِ šaqāʔiqa n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| genitive | — | شَقَائِقِ النُّعْمَانِ šaqāʔiqi n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a); basic singulative triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | شَقِيقَة النُّعْمَان; شَقِيق النُّعْمَان šaqīqat an-nuʕmān; šaqīq an-nuʕmān |
— |
| nominative | — | شَقِيقَةُ النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقُ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqatu n-nuʕmāni; šaqīqu n-nuʕmāni |
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| accusative | — | شَقِيقَةَ النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقَ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqata n-nuʕmāni; šaqīqa n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| genitive | — | شَقِيقَةِ النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقِ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqati n-nuʕmāni; šaqīqi n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | — | شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَان; شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَان šaqīqatay an-nuʕmān; šaqīqay an-nuʕmān |
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| nominative | — | شَقِيقَتَا النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقَا النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqatā n-nuʕmāni; šaqīqā n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| accusative | — | شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqatay an-nuʕmāni; šaqīqay an-nuʕmāni |
— |
| genitive | — | شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَانِ; شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqatay an-nuʕmāni; šaqīqay an-nuʕmāni |
— |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | شَقِيقَات النُّعْمَان šaqīqāt an-nuʕmān |
— |
| nominative | — | شَقِيقَاتُ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqātu n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| accusative | — | شَقِيقَاتِ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqāti n-nuʕmāni |
— |
| genitive | — | شَقِيقَاتِ النُّعْمَانِ šaqīqāti n-nuʕmāni |
— |
Descendants
- → Persian: شقایق (šaqâyeq)
References
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- Lagarde, Paul de (1878) Semitica[3] (in German), volume 1, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 32
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- Salmon, Georges (1906) “Sur quelques noms de plantes en arabe et en bèrbere”, in Archives marocaines[7] (in French), volume VIII, page 82