عنصل
Arabic
عنصل – Drimia maritima
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عنصل – Dipcadi longifolium
عنصل – Moraea sisyrinchium
عنصل – Asphodelus ramosus
Alternative forms
- عُنْصَلَان (ʿunṣalān), عُنْصَلَاء (ʿunṣalāʾ), عُنْصُلَان (ʿunṣulān), عُنْصُلَاء (ʿunṣulāʾ), عَنْصَلَان (ʿanṣalān), عَنْصَلَاء (ʿanṣalāʾ)
Etymology
From the root ع ص ل (ʿ-ṣ-l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕun.sˤul/, /ʕun.sˤal/, /ʕan.sˤal/
Noun
عُنْصُل or عُنْصَل or عَنْصَل • (ʿunṣul or ʿunṣal or ʿanṣal) m (plural عَنَاصِل (ʿanāṣil))
- squill (Drimia gen. et spp.)
- Synonyms: بَصَل الْفَأْر (baṣal al-faʾr), إشْقِيل (ʾišqīl), بَصَل بَرَّانِيّ (baṣal barrāniyy), بَصَل الْخِنْزِير (baṣal al-ḵinzīr)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 29, Art. 15, pages 385–386:
- والعنصل هو بصل الفأر بذلك لأنه يقتلها وورقه يكون كورق السوسن ولون رهره إلى السواد ويسمى أيضا بصل الخنزير ومنه ما هو قتال خبيث وهو البصلة الواحدة المنفردة في نباتها في الأرض وحدها وفي ط العنصلان بصل الفأر يسمى بالفارسية الإشقيل ويسمى أيضا البصل الحار والبصل البراني والأشكلة.
- The squill is called onion of rats because it kills them and its leaves are like lily leaves and the color of its blossoms tends towards black and it is also called onion of swine and direly deadly, and it is the only onion distinguished by its plant growing alone on the soil, and in the Nabataean Agriculture the squill is onion of rats called in Persian also scilla and it is also called hot onion and wild onion and squilla.
- Dipcadi erythraeum and other Dipcadi spp.
- barbary nut (Moraea sisyrinchium syn. Gynandriris sisyrinchium)
- branched king's-spear (Asphodelus ramosus)
Declension
Declension of noun عُنْصُل (ʿunṣul); عُنْصَل (ʿunṣal); عَنْصَل (ʿanṣal)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُنْصُل; عُنْصَل; عَنْصَل ʿunṣul; ʿunṣal; ʿanṣal | الْعُنْصُل; الْعُنْصَل; الْعَنْصَل al-ʿunṣul; al-ʿunṣal; al-ʿanṣal | عُنْصُل; عُنْصَل; عَنْصَل ʿunṣul; ʿunṣal; ʿanṣal |
| Nominative | عُنْصُلٌ; عُنْصَلٌ; عَنْصَلٌ ʿunṣulun; ʿunṣalun; ʿanṣalun | الْعُنْصُلُ; الْعُنْصَلُ; الْعَنْصَلُ al-ʿunṣulu; al-ʿunṣalu; al-ʿanṣalu | عُنْصُلُ; عُنْصَلُ; عَنْصَلُ ʿunṣulu; ʿunṣalu; ʿanṣalu |
| Accusative | عُنْصُلًا; عُنْصَلًا; عَنْصَلًا ʿunṣulan; ʿunṣalan; ʿanṣalan | الْعُنْصُلَ; الْعُنْصَلَ; الْعَنْصَلَ al-ʿunṣula; al-ʿunṣala; al-ʿanṣala | عُنْصُلَ; عُنْصَلَ; عَنْصَلَ ʿunṣula; ʿunṣala; ʿanṣala |
| Genitive | عُنْصُلٍ; عُنْصَلٍ; عَنْصَلٍ ʿunṣulin; ʿunṣalin; ʿanṣalin | الْعُنْصُلِ; الْعُنْصَلِ; الْعَنْصَلِ al-ʿunṣuli; al-ʿunṣali; al-ʿanṣali | عُنْصُلِ; عُنْصَلِ; عَنْصَلِ ʿunṣuli; ʿunṣali; ʿanṣali |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُنْصُلَيْن; عُنْصَلَيْن; عَنْصَلَيْن ʿunṣulayn; ʿunṣalayn; ʿanṣalayn | الْعُنْصُلَيْن; الْعُنْصَلَيْن; الْعَنْصَلَيْن al-ʿunṣulayn; al-ʿunṣalayn; al-ʿanṣalayn | عُنْصُلَيْ; عُنْصَلَيْ; عَنْصَلَيْ ʿunṣulay; ʿunṣalay; ʿanṣalay |
| Nominative | عُنْصُلَانِ; عُنْصَلَانِ; عَنْصَلَانِ ʿunṣulāni; ʿunṣalāni; ʿanṣalāni | الْعُنْصُلَانِ; الْعُنْصَلَانِ; الْعَنْصَلَانِ al-ʿunṣulāni; al-ʿunṣalāni; al-ʿanṣalāni | عُنْصُلَا; عُنْصَلَا; عَنْصَلَا ʿunṣulā; ʿunṣalā; ʿanṣalā |
| Accusative | عُنْصُلَيْنِ; عُنْصَلَيْنِ; عَنْصَلَيْنِ ʿunṣulayni; ʿunṣalayni; ʿanṣalayni | الْعُنْصُلَيْنِ; الْعُنْصَلَيْنِ; الْعَنْصَلَيْنِ al-ʿunṣulayni; al-ʿunṣalayni; al-ʿanṣalayni | عُنْصُلَيْ; عُنْصَلَيْ; عَنْصَلَيْ ʿunṣulay; ʿunṣalay; ʿanṣalay |
| Genitive | عُنْصُلَيْنِ; عُنْصَلَيْنِ; عَنْصَلَيْنِ ʿunṣulayni; ʿunṣalayni; ʿanṣalayni | الْعُنْصُلَيْنِ; الْعُنْصَلَيْنِ; الْعَنْصَلَيْنِ al-ʿunṣulayni; al-ʿunṣalayni; al-ʿanṣalayni | عُنْصُلَيْ; عُنْصَلَيْ; عَنْصَلَيْ ʿunṣulay; ʿunṣalay; ʿanṣalay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَنَاصِل ʿanāṣil | الْعَنَاصِل al-ʿanāṣil | عَنَاصِل ʿanāṣil |
| Nominative | عَنَاصِلُ ʿanāṣilu | الْعَنَاصِلُ al-ʿanāṣilu | عَنَاصِلُ ʿanāṣilu |
| Accusative | عَنَاصِلَ ʿanāṣila | الْعَنَاصِلَ al-ʿanāṣila | عَنَاصِلَ ʿanāṣila |
| Genitive | عَنَاصِلَ ʿanāṣila | الْعَنَاصِلِ al-ʿanāṣili | عَنَاصِلِ ʿanāṣili |
Descendants
- Maltese: għansar, għansal
- → Armenian: ունսուլ (unsul)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “عنصل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 232
- Fitting, Hans; Littmann, Enno (1911), “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 65, page 345
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “عنصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2065
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 106, 287