بوقيصا

Arabic

بُوقِيصَا دَقَليَّةUlmus glabra

Etymology

Unknown. Obviously of foreign origin, as its synonyms, maybe a deformation of an “elm” word reconstructible for Proto-Iranian and Proto-Balto-Slavic, Latvian vīksna, Central Kurdish inter alia ووزم (wuzm), بووز (bûz), which vocalism could have been reinterpreted as بُو (, father of) of often occurrence in Arabic organism names.

Noun

بُوقِيصَا (būqīṣā) f

  1. elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: شَجَر البَقّ (šajar al-baqq), دَرْدَار (dardār), نَشَم (našam)

Declension

Derived terms

  • بُوقِيصِيّ (būqīṣiyy, ulmaceous)

Descendants

  • Israeli Hebrew: בּוּקִיצָה (būqīṣā)
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