لحلاح

Arabic

لحلاح – Colchicum autumnale

لحلاح – Colchicum stevenii

Etymology

Clipping of قِلَحْلَاح (qilaḥlāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qᵊlaḥlāḥā, “giant fennel; any giant stem”) which is also found as كَلْخ (kalḵ, “fennel”), by observation of the stems of the plant. The same kind of clipping is found in لَبْلَاب (lablāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laħ.laːħ/

Noun

لَحْلَاح • (laḥlāḥ) m

1. meadow-saffron, hermodactyl (Colchicum spp.)

   Synonyms: سُورَنْجَان (sūranjān), فَرْج الْأَرْض (farj al-ʔarḍ), قَلْب الأَرْض (qalb al-ʔarḍ), قَسْطَل الْأَرْض (qasṭal al-ʔarḍ)

Declension

Declension of noun لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ	اللَّحْلَاح al-laḥlāḥ	لَحْلَاح laḥlāḥ
Nominative	لَحْلَاحٌ laḥlāḥun	اللَّحْلَاحُ al-laḥlāḥu	لَحْلَاحُ laḥlāḥu
Accusative	لَحْلَاحًا laḥlāḥan	اللَّحْلَاحَ al-laḥlāḥa	لَحْلَاحَ laḥlāḥa
Genitive	لَحْلَاحٍ laḥlāḥin	اللَّحْلَاحِ al-laḥlāḥi	لَحْلَاحِ laḥlāḥi

References

• “qlḥlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 339–340