سحلب
See also: سجلت
Arabic
editEtymology
editAllegedly a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) for the root tubers’ looking like testicles.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editسَحْلَب • (saḥlab) m
- Orchis gen.
- the starch of the bulbs of Orchis gen., salep
- a drink made from milk thickened with salep, sweetened, and usually flavored with rosewater or orange blossom water
Declension
editDeclension of noun سَحْلَب (saḥlab)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَحْلَب saḥlab |
السَّحْلَب as-saḥlab |
سَحْلَب saḥlab |
Nominative | سَحْلَبٌ saḥlabun |
السَّحْلَبُ as-saḥlabu |
سَحْلَبُ saḥlabu |
Accusative | سَحْلَبًا saḥlaban |
السَّحْلَبَ as-saḥlaba |
سَحْلَبَ saḥlaba |
Genitive | سَحْلَبٍ saḥlabin |
السَّحْلَبِ as-saḥlabi |
سَحْلَبِ saḥlabi |
References
edit- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 600
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سحلب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557