جوز القيء

جوز القيء

Arabic

جَوْز الْقَيْء – Trichilia emetica

جَوْز الْقَيْء – Strychnos nux-vomica

Alternative forms

• جَوْز مُقَيِّء‎ (jawz muqayyiʾ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw.z‿al.qajʔ/

Noun

جَوْز القَيْء‎ • (jawz al-qayʾ) m

1. mafura (Trichilia emetica)

   Synonyms: رُقَع‎ (ruqaʿ), جَوْز الرُقَع‎ (jawz ar-ruqaʿ)

2. vomit nut (Strychnos nux-vomica)

Usage notes

It first referred to the African plant Trichilia emetica and from the sixteenth to seventeenth European century it was replaced by the Southeast Asian Strychnos nux-vomica.

Declension

Declension of noun جَوْز الْقَيْء (jawz al-qayʾ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جَوْز الْقَيْء jawz al-qayʾ	—
Nominative	—	جَوْزُ الْقَيْءِ jawzu l-qayʾi	—
Accusative	—	جَوْزَ الْقَيْءِ jawza l-qayʾi	—
Genitive	—	جَوْزِ الْقَيْءِ jawzi l-qayʾi	—

References

• Amar, Zohar; Lev, Efraim (2016) Arabian Drugs in Medieval Mediterranean Medicine, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 138