عرطنيثا

Arabic

عرطنيثا – Cyclamen persicum

Alternative forms

• عَرْطَانِيثَا (ʕarṭānīṯā)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (ʿarṭānīṯā) of the same meanings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕar.tˤa.niː.θaː/

Noun

عَرْطَنِيثَا • (ʕarṭanīṯā) f

1. lion's leaf (Leontice leontopetalum)
2. 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

Declension of noun عَرْطَنِيثَا (ʕarṭanīṯā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā	الْعَرْطَنِيثَا al-ʕarṭanīṯā	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā
Nominative	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā	الْعَرْطَنِيثَا al-ʕarṭanīṯā	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā
Accusative	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā	الْعَرْطَنِيثَا al-ʕarṭanīṯā	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā
Genitive	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā	الْعَرْطَنِيثَا al-ʕarṭanīṯā	عَرْطَنِيثَا ʕarṭanīṯā

Descendants

• → Catalan: artanita
• → French: artanite
• → Italian: artanita
• → Latin: arthanita, artanita (pharmacology, chemistry)
• → Middle Armenian: արտանիսայ (artanisay)
• → Spanish: artanita

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 289
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 77
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 304–307