شمروخ
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شِمْرَاخ (šimrāḵ)
Etymology
Uncertain, but seemingly native to the Arabian peninsula; attested in early pre-Islamic inscriptions. Related to the root ش م خ (š-m-ḵ) meaning "to be lofty", "towering above the rest", "elevated", "coming forth from good stock or roots", and the root ش م ر (š-m-r) meaning "to be raised up", "to be tucked up", "to be contracted or drawn together together", "to be held together or bunched", "to cut or harvest dates from a tree", "to be fully grown or ready".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃum.ruːx/
Noun
شُمْرُوخ • (šumrūḵ) m (plural شَمَارِيخ (šamārīḵ))
- stalk, defoliated branch, panicle, raceme
- bundle, bunch, cluster especially one that hangs separate from the rest
- stick, rod
- detonator, Bengal flare, Roman candle
Declension
Declension of noun شُمْرُوخ (šumrūḵ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شُمْرُوخ šumrūḵ | الشُّمْرُوخ aš-šumrūḵ | شُمْرُوخ šumrūḵ |
| Nominative | شُمْرُوخٌ šumrūḵun | الشُّمْرُوخُ aš-šumrūḵu | شُمْرُوخُ šumrūḵu |
| Accusative | شُمْرُوخًا šumrūḵan | الشُّمْرُوخَ aš-šumrūḵa | شُمْرُوخَ šumrūḵa |
| Genitive | شُمْرُوخٍ šumrūḵin | الشُّمْرُوخِ aš-šumrūḵi | شُمْرُوخِ šumrūḵi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | شُمْرُوخَيْن šumrūḵayn | الشُّمْرُوخَيْن aš-šumrūḵayn | شُمْرُوخَيْ šumrūḵay |
| Nominative | شُمْرُوخَانِ šumrūḵāni | الشُّمْرُوخَانِ aš-šumrūḵāni | شُمْرُوخَا šumrūḵā |
| Accusative | شُمْرُوخَيْنِ šumrūḵayni | الشُّمْرُوخَيْنِ aš-šumrūḵayni | شُمْرُوخَيْ šumrūḵay |
| Genitive | شُمْرُوخَيْنِ šumrūḵayni | الشُّمْرُوخَيْنِ aš-šumrūḵayni | شُمْرُوخَيْ šumrūḵay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَمَارِيخ šamārīḵ | الشَّمَارِيخ aš-šamārīḵ | شَمَارِيخ šamārīḵ |
| Nominative | شَمَارِيخُ šamārīḵu | الشَّمَارِيخُ aš-šamārīḵu | شَمَارِيخُ šamārīḵu |
| Accusative | شَمَارِيخَ šamārīḵa | الشَّمَارِيخَ aš-šamārīḵa | شَمَارِيخَ šamārīḵa |
| Genitive | شَمَارِيخَ šamārīḵa | الشَّمَارِيخِ aš-šamārīḵi | شَمَارِيخِ šamārīḵi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “شمروخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 449–450
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “شمروخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1596
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “شمروخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 674