جعضيض

Arabic

جعضيض – Sonchus oleraceus

Etymology

In Classical Arabic يَعْضِيض (yaʕḍīḍ), from the root ع ض ض (ʕ-ḍ-ḍ) due to its jagged appearance, altered after a scheme known from جَرْبُوز (jarbūz) and جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ), perhaps also under influence of the plant-names جَعْدَة (jaʕda) and جُعْدَة (juʕda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʕ.dˤiːdˤ/

Noun

جَعْضِيض • (jaʕḍīḍ) m

1. common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)

   Synonym: تِفَاف (tifāf)

2. (sometimes) endive (Cichorium gen. et spp. of the same tribe)

   Synonym: هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ)

   Hyponym: طَرَخَشْقُون (ṭaraḵašqūn)

Declension

Declension of noun جَعْضِيض (jaʕḍīḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ	الْجَعْضِيض al-jaʕḍīḍ	جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ
Nominative	جَعْضِيضٌ jaʕḍīḍun	الْجَعْضِيضُ al-jaʕḍīḍu	جَعْضِيضُ jaʕḍīḍu
Accusative	جَعْضِيضًا jaʕḍīḍan	الْجَعْضِيضَ al-jaʕḍīḍa	جَعْضِيضَ jaʕḍīḍa
Genitive	جَعْضِيضٍ jaʕḍīḍin	الْجَعْضِيضِ al-jaʕḍīḍi	جَعْضِيضِ jaʕḍīḍi

References

• أحمد تيمور باشا (a. 1930) “جُعْضيضْ”, in الألفاظ العامية المصرية (in Arabic)