جعفيل
Arabic
Etymology
A blend of ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f) related to prostration and ج ع ل (j-ʕ-l) related to putting, laying, for this plant runs an estate into the ground.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʕ.fiːl/
Noun
جَعْفِيل • (jaʕfīl) m
- broomrape (Orobanche gen. et spp.)
- Synonyms: أَسَد الْعَدَس (ʔasad al-ʕadas), هَالُوك (hālūk), خَانِق الْكَرْسَنَّة (ḵāniq al-karsanna)
- a. 1248, ابن البيطار (Ibn al-Bayṭār), الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum]:
- جعفيل: هو الدواء المسمى باليونانية أورنفحي وقد ذكرته في حرف الألف التي بعدها واو فتأمله هناك.
- Broomrape: This is the drug named in Greek ὀροβάγχη (orobánkhē) and I already mentioned it under the letter A whereafter W and look there.
Declension
Declension of noun جَعْفِيل (jaʕfīl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَعْفِيل jaʕfīl |
الْجَعْفِيل al-jaʕfīl |
جَعْفِيل jaʕfīl |
| Nominative | جَعْفِيلٌ jaʕfīlun |
الْجَعْفِيلُ al-jaʕfīlu |
جَعْفِيلُ jaʕfīlu |
| Accusative | جَعْفِيلًا jaʕfīlan |
الْجَعْفِيلَ al-jaʕfīla |
جَعْفِيلَ jaʕfīla |
| Genitive | جَعْفِيلٍ jaʕfīlin |
الْجَعْفِيلِ al-jaʕfīli |
جَعْفِيلِ jaʕfīli |
References
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 271
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