ريصال
Arabic
Alternative forms
- رِيصَار (rīṣār), رِيجَال (rījāl), رِيجَار (rījār)
Etymology
From Persian ریچال (rīčāl), ریچار (rīčār, “confection, preserved fruits”), the former form still in use in Persian, with apparently the second the original, as a compound with آچار (āčār, “pickle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riː.sˤaːl/
Noun
رِيصَال • (rīṣāl) m (plural رَوَاصِيل (rawāṣīl))
- (obsolete, rare) sweet preserve, confiture
- Synonyms: أَنْبِج (ʾanbij), مُرَبًّى (murabban), تَطْلِيّ (taṭliyy)
- Coordinate terms: عُشَّار (ʿuššār), مُخَلَّل (muḵallal), طُرْشِيّ (ṭuršiyy), كَبِيس (kabīs)
- 850–861, علي بن سهل ربن الطبري [ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī], Oliver Kahl, editor, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s Health Regimen or “Book of the Pearl” كتاب اللؤلؤة (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 115), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →ISBN, § 97, page 116:
- ومثل الألبان والرواصيل والبليلج فإنها غذاء لأهل الجبال وسم لأهل العراق
- And likewise, milk and confitures and myrobalans are food for mountain dwellers and poison for shore people.
- 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], Gerlof van Vloten, editor, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʿulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, page 168 line 5:
- الرَوَاصِير (var. الرَوَاصِيل) جمع رِيصَار (var. رِيصَال) وهو الرِيجَار (var. رِيجَال)
- rawāṣīr (var. rawāṣīl) is the plural of rīṣār (var. rīṣāl), that is rījār (var. rījāl)
Declension
Declension of noun رِيصَال (rīṣāl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رِيصَال rīṣāl | الرِّيصَال ar-rīṣāl | رِيصَال rīṣāl |
| Nominative | رِيصَالٌ rīṣālun | الرِّيصَالُ ar-rīṣālu | رِيصَالُ rīṣālu |
| Accusative | رِيصَالًا rīṣālan | الرِّيصَالَ ar-rīṣāla | رِيصَالَ rīṣāla |
| Genitive | رِيصَالٍ rīṣālin | الرِّيصَالِ ar-rīṣāli | رِيصَالِ rīṣāli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | رِيصَالَيْن rīṣālayn | الرِّيصَالَيْن ar-rīṣālayn | رِيصَالَيْ rīṣālay |
| Nominative | رِيصَالَانِ rīṣālāni | الرِّيصَالَانِ ar-rīṣālāni | رِيصَالَا rīṣālā |
| Accusative | رِيصَالَيْنِ rīṣālayni | الرِّيصَالَيْنِ ar-rīṣālayni | رِيصَالَيْ rīṣālay |
| Genitive | رِيصَالَيْنِ rīṣālayni | الرِّيصَالَيْنِ ar-rīṣālayni | رِيصَالَيْ rīṣālay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَوَاصِيل rawāṣīl | الرَّوَاصِيل ar-rawāṣīl | رَوَاصِيل rawāṣīl |
| Nominative | رَوَاصِيلُ rawāṣīlu | الرَّوَاصِيلُ ar-rawāṣīlu | رَوَاصِيلُ rawāṣīlu |
| Accusative | رَوَاصِيلَ rawāṣīla | الرَّوَاصِيلَ ar-rawāṣīla | رَوَاصِيلَ rawāṣīla |
| Genitive | رَوَاصِيلَ rawāṣīla | الرَّوَاصِيلِ ar-rawāṣīli | رَوَاصِيلِ rawāṣīli |