عنب الثعلب

عنب الثعلب

See also: عبب الثعلب‎

Arabic

Etymology

Literally “fox's grapes”. In meaning Physalis species, a folk etymology-motivated and perhaps also taṣḥīf-influenced replacement term for the old-classical عُبَب الثَعْلَب‎ (ʿubab aṯ-ṯaʿlab, literally “fox's Withania”) – see عُبْعُب‎ (ʿubʿub) – and for the confusion between Solanum and Physalis spp.; compare Amharic ኣውጥ (ʾawwəṭ), also meaning Solanum nigrum, Solanum villosum subsp. alatum, and Physalis spp., distinguished sometimes by color-adjectives, like there is English red nightshade, yellow nightshade, green nightshade, black nightshade etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.na.b‿aθ.θaʕ.lab/

Noun

عِنَب الثَّعْلَب‎ • (ʿinab aṯ-ṯaʿlab) m

1. gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

   Hypernyms: كِشْمِش‎ (kišmiš), رِيبَاس‎ (rībās)

   Coordinate term: عِنَب الذِّئْب‎ (ʿinab aḏ-ḏiʾb)

2. blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)

   Synonyms: كِشْمِش أَسْوَد‎ (kišmiš ʾaswad), عِنَب الذِّئْب‎ (ʿinab aḏ-ḏiʾb)

   Hypernyms: كِشْمِش‎ (kišmiš), رِيبَاس‎ (rībās)

3. Abyssinian gooseberry (Dovyalis abyssinica)
4. hairy nightshade, woolly nightshade, red nightshade (Solanum villosum, including Solanum villosum subsp. alatum seen by some as a distinct species Solanum alatum)
5. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

   Synonyms: عِنَب الذِّئْب‎ (ʿinab aḏ-ḏiʾb), مَغْد أَسْوَد‎ (maḡd ʾaswad)

6. winter cherry, poison gooseberry, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera, syn. Physalis somnifera)

   Synonyms: عُبَب‎ (ʿubab), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب‎ (ʿubab aṯ-ṯaʿlab)

7. winter cherry, bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

   Synonyms: كَاكَنْج‎ (kākanj), عُبَب‎ (ʿubab), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب‎ (ʿubab aṯ-ṯaʿlab)

   Hypernym: حَرَنْكَش‎ (ḥarankaš)

Declension

Declension of noun عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʿinab aṯ-ṯaʿlab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	عِنَب الثَّعْلَب ʿinab aṯ-ṯaʿlab	—
Nominative	—	عِنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ ʿinabu ṯ-ṯaʿlabi	—
Accusative	—	عِنَبَ الثَّعْلَبِ ʿinaba ṯ-ṯaʿlabi	—
Genitive	—	عِنَبِ الثَّعْلَبِ ʿinabi ṯ-ṯaʿlabi	—