شوح

Arabic

شُوحَة

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּחָא / ܫܘܚܐ (/⁠šūḥā⁠/), also אֲשׁוּחִי (/⁠ʾăšūḥī⁠/), ࡀࡔࡅࡇࡀ (/⁠ʾašūḥā⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄑𒅇𒆪 (^GIŠÙ.SUḪ₅ /⁠ašūḫu⁠/), from Hurrian 𒀸𒌋𒄭 (AŠ.U.ḪI /⁠ašoḫe⁠/, “fir; mealtime (due to cooking fumes)”), having the same ending as the source of Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux, “mint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːħ/

Noun

شُوح • (šūḥ) m (collective, singulative شُوحَة f (šūḥa))

1. fir (Abies gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun شُوح (šūḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُوح šūḥ	الشُّوح aš-šūḥ	شُوح šūḥ
Nominative	شُوحٌ šūḥun	الشُّوحُ aš-šūḥu	شُوحُ šūḥu
Accusative	شُوحًا šūḥan	الشُّوحَ aš-šūḥa	شُوحَ šūḥa
Genitive	شُوحٍ šūḥin	الشُّوحِ aš-šūḥi	شُوحِ šūḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُوحَة šūḥa	الشُّوحَة aš-šūḥa	شُوحَة šūḥat
Nominative	شُوحَةٌ šūḥatun	الشُّوحَةُ aš-šūḥatu	شُوحَةُ šūḥatu
Accusative	شُوحَةً šūḥatan	الشُّوحَةَ aš-šūḥata	شُوحَةَ šūḥata
Genitive	شُوحَةٍ šūḥatin	الشُّوحَةِ aš-šūḥati	شُوحَةِ šūḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُوحَتَيْن šūḥatayn	الشُّوحَتَيْن aš-šūḥatayn	شُوحَتَيْ šūḥatay
Nominative	شُوحَتَانِ šūḥatāni	الشُّوحَتَانِ aš-šūḥatāni	شُوحَتَا šūḥatā
Accusative	شُوحَتَيْنِ šūḥatayni	الشُّوحَتَيْنِ aš-šūḥatayni	شُوحَتَيْ šūḥatay
Genitive	شُوحَتَيْنِ šūḥatayni	الشُّوحَتَيْنِ aš-šūḥatayni	شُوحَتَيْ šūḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُوحَات šūḥāt	الشُّوحَات aš-šūḥāt	شُوحَات šūḥāt
Nominative	شُوحَاتٌ šūḥātun	الشُّوحَاتُ aš-šūḥātu	شُوحَاتُ šūḥātu
Accusative	شُوحَاتٍ šūḥātin	الشُّوحَاتِ aš-šūḥāti	شُوحَاتِ šūḥāti
Genitive	شُوحَاتٍ šūḥātin	الشُّوحَاتِ aš-šūḥāti	شُوحَاتِ šūḥāti

References

• “ašūḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, pages 478–479
• “šwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “شوح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 463
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 39–40
• Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18)‎^[4], Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 202–203

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شوح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[5], London: W.H. Allen, page 562
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شوح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 682