دعاع

Arabic

Etymology

Variant of unspecific لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, “tender or fresh greenery”), which also means cichory and as لَاعِيَة (lāʕiya) spurges.

Noun

دُعَاع or دَعَاع • (duʕāʕ or daʕāʕ) m

1. Aizoon canariense
2. Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Declension

Declension of noun دُعَاع (duʕāʕ)‎; دَعَاع (daʕāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعَاع‎; دَعَاع duʕāʕ‎; daʕāʕ	الدُّعَاع‎; الدَّعَاع ad-duʕāʕ‎; ad-daʕāʕ	دُعَاع‎; دَعَاع duʕāʕ‎; daʕāʕ
Nominative	دُعَاعٌ‎; دَعَاعٌ duʕāʕun‎; daʕāʕun	الدُّعَاعُ‎; الدَّعَاعُ ad-duʕāʕu‎; ad-daʕāʕu	دُعَاعُ‎; دَعَاعُ duʕāʕu‎; daʕāʕu
Accusative	دُعَاعًا‎; دَعَاعًا duʕāʕan‎; daʕāʕan	الدُّعَاعَ‎; الدَّعَاعَ ad-duʕāʕa‎; ad-daʕāʕa	دُعَاعَ‎; دَعَاعَ duʕāʕa‎; daʕāʕa
Genitive	دُعَاعٍ‎; دَعَاعٍ duʕāʕin‎; daʕāʕin	الدُّعَاعِ‎; الدَّعَاعِ ad-duʕāʕi‎; ad-daʕāʕi	دُعَاعِ‎; دَعَاعِ duʕāʕi‎; daʕāʕi

Derived terms

• دَعَاعِيَّة (daʕāʕiyya, “Aizoaceae fam.”)

References

• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 118, 288, 315
• Ullmann, Manfred (1984–1991) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 777b line 24