عرقون

Arabic

عَرْقُون (Euphrasia rostkoviana)

Etymology

From the root ع ر ق (ʕ-r-q) perhaps in the sense of “exuding” as the plant reminds of tearing eyes with its appearance and has been used for eye treatments, from this idea also English eyebright, eyewort, German Augentrost and the like. Though the ending suggests an Aramaic diminutive in -ōna, related then to the root ע־ר־ק / ܥ-ܪ-ܩ (ʿ-r-q) concerning “flight”, “avoidance”, “to put to flee”, perhaps because of its use to do away with ailments.

Noun

عَرْقُون • (ʕarqūn) m

1. eyebright (Euphrasia gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun عَرْقُون (ʕarqūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْقُون ʕarqūn	الْعَرْقُون al-ʕarqūn	عَرْقُون ʕarqūn
Nominative	عَرْقُونٌ ʕarqūnun	الْعَرْقُونُ al-ʕarqūnu	عَرْقُونُ ʕarqūnu
Accusative	عَرْقُونًا ʕarqūnan	الْعَرْقُونَ al-ʕarqūna	عَرْقُونَ ʕarqūna
Genitive	عَرْقُونٍ ʕarqūnin	الْعَرْقُونِ al-ʕarqūni	عَرْقُونِ ʕarqūni

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عرقون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 145
• “ˁrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–