لحلاح

Arabic

لحلاح – Colchicum autumnale
لحلاح – Colchicum stevenii

Etymology

Clipping of قِلَحْلَاح (qilaḥlāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qᵊlaḥlāḥā, “giant fennel; any giant stem”) which is also found as كَلْخ (kalḵ, “fennel”), by observation of the stems of the plant. The same kind of clipping is found in لَبْلَاب (lablāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħ.laːħ/

Noun

لَحْلَاح • (laḥlāḥ) m

  1. meadow-saffron, hermodactyl (Colchicum spp.)
    Synonyms: سُورَنْجَان (sūranjān), فَرْج الْأَرْض (farj al-ʔarḍ), قَلْب الأَرْض (qalb al-ʔarḍ), قَسْطَل الْأَرْض (qasṭal al-ʔarḍ)

Declension

Declension of noun لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal لَحْلَاح
laḥlāḥ 		اللَّحْلَاح
al-laḥlāḥ 		لَحْلَاح
laḥlāḥ
nominative لَحْلَاحٌ
laḥlāḥun 		اللَّحْلَاحُ
al-laḥlāḥu 		لَحْلَاحُ
laḥlāḥu
accusative لَحْلَاحًا
laḥlāḥan 		اللَّحْلَاحَ
al-laḥlāḥa 		لَحْلَاحَ
laḥlāḥa
genitive لَحْلَاحٍ
laḥlāḥin 		اللَّحْلَاحِ
al-laḥlāḥi 		لَحْلَاحِ
laḥlāḥi

References

  • “qlḥlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, pages 339–340
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