Arabis
See also: arabis
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀραβίς (arabís, “whitetop (Lepidium draba)”).
Proper noun edit
Arabis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – rockcresses and certain similar plants.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Arabideae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Arabis alpina; for other species see
Arabis on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Arabis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Arabis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Arabis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arabis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Arabis at USDA Plants database
- Arabis at Brassibase
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἄραβις (Árabis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.bis/, [ˈäräbɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.bis/, [ˈäːräbis]
Proper noun edit
Arabis m sg (genitive Arabis); third declension
- A river of Gedrosia, now the Puran
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.2:
- Gedrosos, qui Arabim amnem accolunt, Alexandri Magni classium praefecti prodiderunt in domibus fores maxillis beluarum facere, ossibus tecta contignare, ex quibus multa quadragenum cubitorum longitudinis reperta.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Arabis |
| Genitive | Arabis |
| Dative | Arabī |
| Accusative | Arabim |
| Ablative | Arabī |
| Vocative | Arabis |