قصعين
Arabic
Etymology
Probably from Aramaic *קצעינא / *ܩܨܥܝܢܐ (*qaṣʕīnā). The plant is not often unequivocally referred to in retained Middle Aramaic literature, and even in the later Arabic period is but designated by artificial and borrowed names.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qasˤ.ʕiːn/
Noun
قَصْعِين • (qaṣʕīn) m
- sage (Salvia officinalis)
- Synonyms: مَرْيَمِيَّة (maryamiyya), (obsolete) رِعْي الأُيَّل (riʕy al-ʔuyyal), سَالَبِيَّة (sālabiyya), شَالَبِيَّة (šālabiyya) (al-Andalus), نَاعِمَة (nāʕima) (al-Andalus)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَصْعِين qaṣʕīn |
الْقَصْعِين al-qaṣʕīn |
قَصْعِين qaṣʕīn |
| nominative | قَصْعِينٌ qaṣʕīnun |
الْقَصْعِينُ al-qaṣʕīnu |
قَصْعِينُ qaṣʕīnu |
| accusative | قَصْعِينًا qaṣʕīnan |
الْقَصْعِينَ al-qaṣʕīna |
قَصْعِينَ qaṣʕīna |
| genitive | قَصْعِينٍ qaṣʕīnin |
الْقَصْعِينِ al-qaṣʕīni |
قَصْعِينِ qaṣʕīni |
References
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “قصعين”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 102