شوفان
Arabic
شُوفَان
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܫܘܦܢܐ (šūp̄ānā, “friction”), which comes from the verb ܫܳܦ (šāp̄, “to file, to scrape”) corresponding to the Arabic verb شَافَ (šāfa, “to polish”), as for the handling of the grain removing the husk by rubbing, grating, polishing is characteristic. There is also Hebrew שיפון (šīp̄ōn, “oat; (later) rye”), so that formation is apparently Proto-Northwest Semitic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃuː.faːn/
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
شُوفَان • (šūfān) m
- oat
Declension
Declension of noun شُوفَان (šūfān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شُوفَان šūfān | الشُّوفَان aš-šūfān | شُوفَان šūfān |
| Nominative | شُوفَانٌ šūfānun | الشُّوفَانُ aš-šūfānu | شُوفَانُ šūfānu |
| Accusative | شُوفَانًا šūfānan | الشُّوفَانَ aš-šūfāna | شُوفَانَ šūfāna |
| Genitive | شُوفَانٍ šūfānin | الشُّوفَانِ aš-šūfāni | شُوفَانِ šūfāni |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “شوفان”, 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 465
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 686–690
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 597