حنظل

Arabic

حَنْظَل

Etymology

From حَظَلَ‎ (ḥaẓala, “to hinder in moving”), for this toxic plant blocks the ground, and حَظِلَ‎ (ḥaẓila, “to walk lamely”) which is what camels do after having loaded their bellies with this plant. The same motive was the namesake of حَدَج‎ (ḥadaj, “colocynth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħan.ðˤal/

Noun

حَنْظَل • (ḥanẓal) m (collective, singulative حَنْظَلَة‎ f (ḥanẓala))

colocynth
Synonyms: حَدَج‎ (ḥadaj), عَلْقَم‎ (ʕalqam)

Declension

Declension of noun حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْظَل ḥanẓal	الْحَنْظَل‎ al-ḥanẓal	حَنْظَل ḥanẓal
Nominative	حَنْظَلٌ ḥanẓalun	الْحَنْظَلُ‎ al-ḥanẓalu	حَنْظَلُ ḥanẓalu
Accusative	حَنْظَلًا‎ ḥanẓalan	الْحَنْظَلَ‎ al-ḥanẓala	حَنْظَلَ ḥanẓala
Genitive	حَنْظَلٍ ḥanẓalin	الْحَنْظَلِ‎ al-ḥanẓali	حَنْظَلِ ḥanẓali
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْظَلَة‎ ḥanẓala	الْحَنْظَلَة‎ al-ḥanẓala	حَنْظَلَة‎ ḥanẓalat
Nominative	حَنْظَلَةٌ‎ ḥanẓalatun	الْحَنْظَلَةُ‎ al-ḥanẓalatu	حَنْظَلَةُ‎ ḥanẓalatu
Accusative	حَنْظَلَةً‎ ḥanẓalatan	الْحَنْظَلَةَ‎ al-ḥanẓalata	حَنْظَلَةَ‎ ḥanẓalata
Genitive	حَنْظَلَةٍ‎ ḥanẓalatin	الْحَنْظَلَةِ‎ al-ḥanẓalati	حَنْظَلَةِ‎ ḥanẓalati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْظَلَتَيْن‎ ḥanẓalatayn	الْحَنْظَلَتَيْن‎ al-ḥanẓalatayn	حَنْظَلَتَيْ‎ ḥanẓalatay
Nominative	حَنْظَلَتَانِ‎ ḥanẓalatāni	الْحَنْظَلَتَانِ‎ al-ḥanẓalatāni	حَنْظَلَتَا‎ ḥanẓalatā
Accusative	حَنْظَلَتَيْنِ‎ ḥanẓalatayni	الْحَنْظَلَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥanẓalatayni	حَنْظَلَتَيْ‎ ḥanẓalatay
Genitive	حَنْظَلَتَيْنِ‎ ḥanẓalatayni	الْحَنْظَلَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥanẓalatayni	حَنْظَلَتَيْ‎ ḥanẓalatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْظَلَات‎ ḥanẓalāt	الْحَنْظَلَات‎ al-ḥanẓalāt	حَنْظَلَات‎ ḥanẓalāt
Nominative	حَنْظَلَاتٌ‎ ḥanẓalātun	الْحَنْظَلَاتُ‎ al-ḥanẓalātu	حَنْظَلَاتُ‎ ḥanẓalātu
Accusative	حَنْظَلَاتٍ‎ ḥanẓalātin	الْحَنْظَلَاتِ‎ al-ḥanẓalāti	حَنْظَلَاتِ‎ ḥanẓalāti
Genitive	حَنْظَلَاتٍ‎ ḥanẓalātin	الْحَنْظَلَاتِ‎ al-ḥanẓalāti	حَنْظَلَاتِ‎ ḥanẓalāti

Descendants

→ Amharic: አንዴል (ʾändel)
→ Middle Armenian: հանդալ (handal)
→ Tigre: ዐንደል (ʿändäl)
→ Tigrinya: ዓንደል (ʿandäl), አንደል (ʾändäl)

References

“حنظل” in Almaany
Freytag, Georg (1830), “حنظل”, 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 398
Freytag, Georg (1830), “حنظل”, 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 436
Lane, Edward William (1863), “حنظل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 596
Lane, Edward William (1863), “حنظل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 657
Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 537–542
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57

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