لحلاح
Arabic
لحلاح – Colchicum autumnale
لحلاح – Colchicum stevenii
Etymology
Clipping of قِلَحْلَاح (qilaḥlāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qᵊlaḥlāḥā, “giant fennel; any giant stem”) which is also found as كَلْخ (kalḵ, “fennel”), by observation of the stems of the plant. The same kind of clipping is found in لَبْلَاب (lablāb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laħ.laːħ/
Noun
لَحْلَاح • (laḥlāḥ) m
- meadow-saffron, hermodactyl (Colchicum spp.)
- Synonyms: سُورَنْجَان (sūranjān), فَرْج الْأَرْض (farj al-ʾarḍ), قَلْب الأَرْض (qalb al-ʾarḍ), قَسْطَل الْأَرْض (qasṭal al-ʾarḍ)
Declension
Declension of noun لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ | اللَّحْلَاح al-laḥlāḥ | لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ |
| Nominative | لَحْلَاحٌ laḥlāḥun | اللَّحْلَاحُ al-laḥlāḥu | لَحْلَاحُ laḥlāḥu |
| Accusative | لَحْلَاحًا laḥlāḥan | اللَّحْلَاحَ al-laḥlāḥa | لَحْلَاحَ laḥlāḥa |
| Genitive | لَحْلَاحٍ laḥlāḥin | اللَّحْلَاحِ al-laḥlāḥi | لَحْلَاحِ laḥlāḥi |
References
- “qlḥlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “qlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 339–340