شياف

See also: شیاف, سياق, and سياف

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁיׇיפָא / ܫܝܵܦܼܵܐ (šəyāp̄ā, “salve”), from the root שׁ־ו־ף / ܫ ܘ ܦ related to rubbing, cognate to the Arabic root ش و ف (š w f). Akin to Old Armenian շուփայ (šupʻay) and Persian شافه (šāfa), Semitic borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.jaːf/

Noun

شِياف • (šiyāf) m

  1. ophthalmic, any remedy against ailments of the eye, collyrium, eye-salve, eye-powder

Declension

Declension of noun شِياف (šiyāf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal شِياف
šiyāf 		الشِّياف
aš-šiyāf 		شِياف
šiyāf
nominative شِيافٌ
šiyāfun 		الشِّيافُ
aš-šiyāfu 		شِيافُ
šiyāfu
accusative شِيافًا
šiyāfan 		الشِّيافَ
aš-šiyāfa 		شِيافَ
šiyāfa
genitive شِيافٍ
šiyāfin 		الشِّيافِ
aš-šiyāfi 		شِيافِ
šiyāfi

Descendants

  • → Persian: شیاف (šiyâf)

References

  • “šyp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 262
  • Goltz, Dietlinde (1972) Studien zur Geschichte der Mineralnamen in Pharmazie, Chemie und Medizin von den Anfängen bis Paracelsus (Sudhoffs Archiv. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Beiheft 14), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 79
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 61
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