أفسنتين
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِفْسَنْتِين (ʔifsantīn)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). Doublet of إِسْفِنْط (ʔisfinṭ) borrowed earlier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaf.sin.tiːn/
Noun
أَفْسِنْتِين • (ʔafsintīn) m
- grande wormwood, absinthe
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
- وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
- It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
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- the beverage absinthe
Declension
Declension of noun أَفْسِنْتِين (ʔafsintīn)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَفْسِنْتِين ʔafsintīn |
الْأَفْسِنْتِين al-ʔafsintīn |
أَفْسِنْتِين ʔafsintīn |
| Nominative | أَفْسِنْتِينُ ʔafsintīnu |
الْأَفْسِنْتِينُ al-ʔafsintīnu |
أَفْسِنْتِينُ ʔafsintīnu |
| Accusative | أَفْسِنْتِينَ ʔafsintīna |
الْأَفْسِنْتِينَ al-ʔafsintīna |
أَفْسِنْتِينَ ʔafsintīna |
| Genitive | أَفْسِنْتِينَ ʔafsintīna |
الْأَفْسِنْتِينِ al-ʔafsintīni |
أَفْسِنْتِينِ ʔafsintīni |
Descendants
- → Persian: افسنتین
- → Gujarati: અફસંતીન (aphasantīn)
- → Hindi: अफ़संतीन (afsantīn)
- → Punjabi: ਅਫਸੰਤੀਨ (aphasantīn)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “أفسنتين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 29
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أفسنتين”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 43
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أفسنتين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 30
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