رنف

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps univerbation of رَيًّا (rayyan, “aroma”) or رَوَاء (rawāʔ, “aroma”) from the root ر و ي (r-w-y) or a different element with أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ranf/, /ra.naf/

Noun

رَنْف or رَنَف • (ranf or ranaf) m

1. Delonix elata (syn. Caesalpinia elata, Poinciana elata)
2. by extension, the whole genus Delonix and any species thereunder

Declension

Declension of noun رَنْف (ranf)‎; رَنَف (ranaf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَنْف‎; رَنَف ranf‎; ranaf	الرَّنْف‎; الرَّنَف ar-ranf‎; ar-ranaf	رَنْف‎; رَنَف ranf‎; ranaf
Nominative	رَنْفٌ‎; رَنَفٌ ranfun‎; ranafun	الرَّنْفُ‎; الرَّنَفُ ar-ranfu‎; ar-ranafu	رَنْفُ‎; رَنَفُ ranfu‎; ranafu
Accusative	رَنْفًا‎; رَنَفًا ranfan‎; ranafan	الرَّنْفَ‎; الرَّنَفَ ar-ranfa‎; ar-ranafa	رَنْفَ‎; رَنَفَ ranfa‎; ranafa
Genitive	رَنْفٍ‎; رَنَفٍ ranfin‎; ranafin	الرَّنْفِ‎; الرَّنَفِ ar-ranfi‎; ar-ranafi	رَنْفِ‎; رَنَفِ ranfi‎; ranafi

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 562, where it has the glosses Salix balchia (an unresolvable species name mainly occurring in Orientalist literature) and Clematis flammula instead