المريخ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ر خ (m-r-ḵ), meaning "to rub", "to leak sap (especially flammable oils)", "to anoint or cover in oil", "to rub together flammable branches"; stemming from the red color of the planet being associated with fire, a conception found in archaic synonyms as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.mir.riːx/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /(ɪ)l.mar.riːx/

Proper noun

الْمِرِّيخ • (al-mirrīḵ) m

1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)

Declension

Declension of noun الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمِرِّيخ al-mirrīḵ	—
Nominative	—	الْمِرِّيخُ al-mirrīḵu	—
Accusative	—	الْمِرِّيخَ al-mirrīḵa	—
Genitive	—	الْمِرِّيخِ al-mirrīḵi	—

Synonyms

• المُحَرِّق (al-muḥarriq, “the burner, the burning one>”)
• عَزِيزَان (ʕazīzān, “the most powerful, strongest, the most intense”)
• الأَحْمَر (al-ʔaḥmar, “the red one”)
• النَحْسَانِ (an-naḥsāni, “the two misfortunes”), paired with Saturn, contrasted with Venus and Mercury, or Venus and Jupiter in another tradition
• النَحْس الأَصْغَر (an-naḥs al-ʔaṣḡar, “the lesser misfortune”), contrasted with Saturn the greater

Derived terms

• مِرِّيخِيّ (mirrīḵiyy)

 

Descendants

• South Levantine Arabic: المريخ (il-marrīḵ)
• → Classical Persian: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मिर्रीख़ (mirrīx)

    Urdu: مِرِّیخ (mirrīx)

  • → Tatar: Merih
• → Classical Syriac: ܡܰܪܪܻܝܟ (marrīḵ)
• → Malay: Marikh
• → Swahili: Mirihi, Murihi, Meriki

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) كَوَاكِب الْمَجْمُوعَة الشَّمْسِيَّة (kawākib al-majmūʿa aš-šamsiyya); عُطَارِد (ʕuṭārid), الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara), الْأَرْض (al-ʔarḍ), الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ), الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī), زُحَل (zuḥal), أُورَانُوس (ʾuranōs), نِبْتُون (nebtūn)

Further reading

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “المريخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 167