غبيراء
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar, “dust-coloured”), compare for the form صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ, “planetree maple”) and سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, “seepweed”).
| Root |
|---|
| غ ب ر (ḡ b r) |
| 5 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣu.baj.raːʔ/
Noun
غُبَيْرَاء • (ḡubayrāʔ) f
- mountain ash, rowan (Sorbus gen. et spp.)
- rupturewort (Herniaria hemistemon)
- heliotropes (Heliotropium spp.)
- pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- Polycarpaea spp. (syn. Robbairea spp. and Polycarpon spp.)
- (apocryphal) Lepidagathis spp.
- (apocryphal) sweetjuices (Glinus spp.)
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غُبَيْرَاء ḡubayrāʔ |
الْغُبَيْرَاء al-ḡubayrāʔ |
غُبَيْرَاء ḡubayrāʔ |
| nominative | غُبَيْرَاءُ ḡubayrāʔu |
الْغُبَيْرَاءُ al-ḡubayrāʔu |
غُبَيْرَاءُ ḡubayrāʔu |
| accusative | غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa |
الْغُبَيْرَاءَ al-ḡubayrāʔa |
غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa |
| genitive | غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa |
الْغُبَيْرَاءِ al-ḡubayrāʔi |
غُبَيْرَاءِ ḡubayrāʔi |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غبيراء”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 199-200
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبيراء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 255
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 251–253