بلح
Arabic
editEtymology
editA variant of فَحْل (faḥl, “stallion”); for the voicing change particular to Arabic compare بُرْغُوث (burḡūṯ) and for the meaning note that in some dialects the present term means or has meant unripe or unfecundated rather than fresh dates, on the other hand ripe dates may have been understood as dates with manness added. The term is also attested as a borrowing in Coptic ⲃⲉⲗϩⲱⲗ (belhōl), ⲃⲉϩⲱⲗ (behōl, “date-palm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editبَلَح • (balaḥ) m (collective, singulative بَلَحَة f (balaḥa))
- dates (fruit of the date palm)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 36:54:
- نَهَى رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَٱلْحَنْتَمِ وَٱلْمُزَفَّتِ وَٱلنَّقِيرِ وَأَنْ يُخْلَطَ الْبَلَحُ بِالزَّهْوِ.
- nahā rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama ʕani d-dubbāʔi wal-ḥantami wal-muzaffati wan-naqīri waʔan yuḵlaṭa l-balaḥu bi-z-zahwi.
- The prophet (PBUH) forbade [the preparation of wine] in a bottle-gourd, in a colocynth container, in a varnished jar, a hollow stump, and from mixing up ripe dates with nearly ripe dates.
Declension
editDeclension of noun بَلَح (balaḥ)
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَلَح balaḥ |
الْبَلَح al-balaḥ |
بَلَح balaḥ |
Nominative | بَلَحٌ balaḥun |
الْبَلَحُ al-balaḥu |
بَلَحُ balaḥu |
Accusative | بَلَحًا balaḥan |
الْبَلَحَ al-balaḥa |
بَلَحَ balaḥa |
Genitive | بَلَحٍ balaḥin |
الْبَلَحِ al-balaḥi |
بَلَحِ balaḥi |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَلَحَة balaḥa |
الْبَلَحَة al-balaḥa |
بَلَحَة balaḥat |
Nominative | بَلَحَةٌ balaḥatun |
الْبَلَحَةُ al-balaḥatu |
بَلَحَةُ balaḥatu |
Accusative | بَلَحَةً balaḥatan |
الْبَلَحَةَ al-balaḥata |
بَلَحَةَ balaḥata |
Genitive | بَلَحَةٍ balaḥatin |
الْبَلَحَةِ al-balaḥati |
بَلَحَةِ balaḥati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | بَلَحَتَيْن balaḥatayn |
الْبَلَحَتَيْن al-balaḥatayn |
بَلَحَتَيْ balaḥatay |
Nominative | بَلَحَتَانِ balaḥatāni |
الْبَلَحَتَانِ al-balaḥatāni |
بَلَحَتَا balaḥatā |
Accusative | بَلَحَتَيْنِ balaḥatayni |
الْبَلَحَتَيْنِ al-balaḥatayni |
بَلَحَتَيْ balaḥatay |
Genitive | بَلَحَتَيْنِ balaḥatayni |
الْبَلَحَتَيْنِ al-balaḥatayni |
بَلَحَتَيْ balaḥatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَلَحَات balaḥāt |
الْبَلَحَات al-balaḥāt |
بَلَحَات balaḥāt |
Nominative | بَلَحَاتٌ balaḥātun |
الْبَلَحَاتُ al-balaḥātu |
بَلَحَاتُ balaḥātu |
Accusative | بَلَحَاتٍ balaḥātin |
الْبَلَحَاتِ al-balaḥāti |
بَلَحَاتِ balaḥāti |
Genitive | بَلَحَاتٍ balaḥātin |
الْبَلَحَاتِ al-balaḥāti |
بَلَحَاتِ balaḥāti |