رقف
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- رَكَف (rakaf)
Etymology edit
From Aramaic רקפתא (/*raqəp̄tā/), already used in the sixth century, the further origin is obscure.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
رَقَف • (raqaf) m
- lion's leaf (Leontice leontopetalum)
- sowbread (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum the leaves of which are filled and eaten as rolls, the roots are used for saponin)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بخور مريم
Declension edit
Declension of noun رَقَف (raqaf)
References edit
- “אמוץ דפני וסאלח עקל ח'טיב”, in צמח השדה[1] (in Hebrew), 2011 October 13
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 289
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 77
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 304–307