صراخة
See also: صراحة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ص ر خ (ṣ r ḵ), so called in Spain because one believed that a cry of this plant on St. John’s Day indicates death in the same year.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤar.raː.xa/
Noun
صَرَّاخَة • (ṣarrāḵa) f
- (al-Andalus) dragonwort, common dragon (Dracunculus vulgaris)
- 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 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 28, Art. 13, page 316:
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | صَرَّاخَة ṣarrāḵa |
الصَّرَّاخَة aṣ-ṣarrāḵa |
صَرَّاخَة ṣarrāḵat |
| nominative | صَرَّاخَةٌ ṣarrāḵatun |
الصَّرَّاخَةُ aṣ-ṣarrāḵatu |
صَرَّاخَةُ ṣarrāḵatu |
| accusative | صَرَّاخَةً ṣarrāḵatan |
الصَّرَّاخَةَ aṣ-ṣarrāḵata |
صَرَّاخَةَ ṣarrāḵata |
| genitive | صَرَّاخَةٍ ṣarrāḵatin |
الصَّرَّاخَةِ aṣ-ṣarrāḵati |
صَرَّاخَةِ ṣarrāḵati |
References
- صراخة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 305a
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صراخة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 827a