سمحاق
Arabic
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps representing the Proto-Semitic causative prefix ša- prepended to the root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q) related to erasure as it is the outer layer of a bone just below the skin and mechanically attrited for bones to be used, however it must be a Southern dialectal term in origin since that prefix is almost everywhere ʾa- or at least ha- in Arabic (while Modern South Arabian preserves this ša-, albeit with the sound /ʃ/).
Noun
سِمْحَاق • (simḥāq) m (plural سَمَاحِيق (samāḥīq))
- (anatomy) periosteum
Declension
Declension of noun سِمْحَاق (simḥāq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سِمْحَاق simḥāq | السِّمْحَاق as-simḥāq | سِمْحَاق simḥāq |
| Nominative | سِمْحَاقٌ simḥāqun | السِّمْحَاقُ as-simḥāqu | سِمْحَاقُ simḥāqu |
| Accusative | سِمْحَاقًا simḥāqan | السِّمْحَاقَ as-simḥāqa | سِمْحَاقَ simḥāqa |
| Genitive | سِمْحَاقٍ simḥāqin | السِّمْحَاقِ as-simḥāqi | سِمْحَاقِ simḥāqi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | سِمْحَاقَيْن simḥāqayn | السِّمْحَاقَيْن as-simḥāqayn | سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay |
| Nominative | سِمْحَاقَانِ simḥāqāni | السِّمْحَاقَانِ as-simḥāqāni | سِمْحَاقَا simḥāqā |
| Accusative | سِمْحَاقَيْنِ simḥāqayni | السِّمْحَاقَيْنِ as-simḥāqayni | سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay |
| Genitive | سِمْحَاقَيْنِ simḥāqayni | السِّمْحَاقَيْنِ as-simḥāqayni | سِمْحَاقَيْ simḥāqay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَمَاحِيق samāḥīq | السَّمَاحِيق as-samāḥīq | سَمَاحِيق samāḥīq |
| Nominative | سَمَاحِيقُ samāḥīqu | السَّمَاحِيقُ as-samāḥīqu | سَمَاحِيقُ samāḥīqu |
| Accusative | سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa | السَّمَاحِيقَ as-samāḥīqa | سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa |
| Genitive | سَمَاحِيقَ samāḥīqa | السَّمَاحِيقِ as-samāḥīqi | سَمَاحِيقِ samāḥīqi |
Descendants
- → Medieval Latin: alzemach
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “سمحاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1423
- Steiger, Arnald (1960), “Voces de origen oriental contenidas en el Tesoro lexicográfico de Samuel Gili Gaya”, in Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish), volume 43, issue 1.o–2.o, DOI:, page 55