مريمية
Arabic
Alternative forms
- مَيْرَمِيَّة (mayramiyya), مَرَمِيَّة (maramiyya), مَيْرَامِيَّة (mayrāmiyya), مَرْمَرِيَّة (marmariyya) – rather dialectal
Etymology
Surely contains مَرْو (marw), which by itself is used for sage in Aramaic, though it is uncertain where it obtained the connection to مَرْيَم (maryam, “Mary”) in Arabic and Persian مریم گلی (maryam goli, “sage”), in view of which it is perhaps all the same word as مَرْزَنْجُوش (marzanjūš), maybe even مَرْمَاخُور (marmāḵūr); marjoram and oregano look very similar to sage and due to greater use were likely treated as archetypical to it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.ja.mij.ja/
Noun
مَرْيَمِيَّة • (maryamiyya) f
- sage (Salvia and especially Salvia officinalis)
- Synonyms: قَصْعِين (qaṣʿīn), (obsolete) رِعْي الأُيَّل (riʿy al-ʾuyyal), سَالَبِيَّة (sālabiyya), (al-Andalus) شَالَبِيَّة (šālabiyya), (al-Andalus) نَاعِمَة (nāʿima)
Declension
Declension of noun مَرْيَمِيَّة (maryamiyya)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَرْيَمِيَّة maryamiyya | الْمَرْيَمِيَّة al-maryamiyya | مَرْيَمِيَّة maryamiyyat |
| Nominative | مَرْيَمِيَّةٌ maryamiyyatun | الْمَرْيَمِيَّةُ al-maryamiyyatu | مَرْيَمِيَّةُ maryamiyyatu |
| Accusative | مَرْيَمِيَّةً maryamiyyatan | الْمَرْيَمِيَّةَ al-maryamiyyata | مَرْيَمِيَّةَ maryamiyyata |
| Genitive | مَرْيَمِيَّةٍ maryamiyyatin | الْمَرْيَمِيَّةِ al-maryamiyyati | مَرْيَمِيَّةِ maryamiyyati |
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 252
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 102