إكسير

إكسير

See also: اکسیر‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

• إِكْسِيرِين‎ (ʾiksīrīn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܣܝܪܝܢ‎ (ksīrīn), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”).

Noun

إِكْسِير • (ʾiksīr) m (plural أَكَاسِير‎ (ʾakāsīr))

1. elixir

Declension

Declension of noun إِكْسِير (ʾiksīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكْسِير ʾiksīr	الْإِكْسِير‎ al-ʾiksīr	إِكْسِير ʾiksīr
Nominative	إِكْسِيرٌ ʾiksīrun	الْإِكْسِيرُ‎ al-ʾiksīru	إِكْسِيرُ ʾiksīru
Accusative	إِكْسِيرًا‎ ʾiksīran	الْإِكْسِيرَ‎ al-ʾiksīra	إِكْسِيرَ ʾiksīra
Genitive	إِكْسِيرٍ ʾiksīrin	الْإِكْسِيرِ‎ al-ʾiksīri	إِكْسِيرِ ʾiksīri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكْسِيرَيْن‎ ʾiksīrayn	الْإِكْسِيرَيْن‎ al-ʾiksīrayn	إِكْسِيرَيْ‎ ʾiksīray
Nominative	إِكْسِيرَانِ‎ ʾiksīrāni	الْإِكْسِيرَانِ‎ al-ʾiksīrāni	إِكْسِيرَا‎ ʾiksīrā
Accusative	إِكْسِيرَيْنِ‎ ʾiksīrayni	الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiksīrayni	إِكْسِيرَيْ‎ ʾiksīray
Genitive	إِكْسِيرَيْنِ‎ ʾiksīrayni	الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ‎ al-ʾiksīrayni	إِكْسِيرَيْ‎ ʾiksīray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكَايسِير‎ ?	الْأَكَايسِير‎ ?	أَكَايسِير‎ ?
Nominative	أَكَايسِيرٌ‎ ?	الْأَكَايسِيرُ‎ ?	أَكَايسِيرُ‎ ?
Accusative	أَكَايسِيرًا‎ ?	الْأَكَايسِيرَ‎ ?	أَكَايسِيرَ‎ ?
Genitive	أَكَايسِيرٍ‎ ?	الْأَكَايسِيرِ‎ ?	أَكَايسِيرِ‎ ?

Descendants

• → French: élixir
  • → Romanian: elixir
• → Medieval Latin: elixir
• → Ottoman Turkish: اكسیر‎
  • Turkish: iksir
• → Persian: اکسیر‎ (eksir)

References

• “ksyryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 339a
• مروان بن جناح‎ [Marwān ibn Janāḥ] (a. 1050), Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs] (in English), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, DOI:10.1163/9789004413344, →ISBN, 106 (fol. 11v,16–12r,1), page 301