شيح

See also: شيخ, سيخ, شیخ, and سیخ

Arabic

شِيح – Artemisia scoparia

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic attested as Classical Syriac ܣܝܺܚܳܐ (sīḥā) and ܫܝܺܚܳܐ (šīḥā, “Artemisia judaica”), as well as in Hebrew שִׂיחַ (síaḵ, “Artemisia judaica; shoot, shrub”) and in Akkadian 𒋛𒄿𒈝 (sīḫum, “wormwood”). Perhaps related to the root ش ي ع (š-y-ʕ), meaning “to spread”, “to sprout out”, “to come forth”; compare شَيْعَة (šayʕa, “bush, short tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːħ/

Noun

شِيح • (šīḥ) m (plural شِيَاح (šiyāḥ))

1. wormwood (Artemisia gen. et spp.)

   Hyponym: عُبَيْثَرَان (ʕubayṯarān)

Declension

Declension of noun شِيح (šīḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيح šīḥ	الشِّيح aš-šīḥ	شِيح šīḥ
Nominative	شِيحٌ šīḥun	الشِّيحُ aš-šīḥu	شِيحُ šīḥu
Accusative	شِيحًا šīḥan	الشِّيحَ aš-šīḥa	شِيحَ šīḥa
Genitive	شِيحٍ šīḥin	الشِّيحِ aš-šīḥi	شِيحِ šīḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيحَيْن šīḥayn	الشِّيحَيْن aš-šīḥayn	شِيحَيْ šīḥay
Nominative	شِيحَانِ šīḥāni	الشِّيحَانِ aš-šīḥāni	شِيحَا šīḥā
Accusative	شِيحَيْنِ šīḥayni	الشِّيحَيْنِ aš-šīḥayni	شِيحَيْ šīḥay
Genitive	شِيحَيْنِ šīḥayni	الشِّيحَيْنِ aš-šīḥayni	شِيحَيْ šīḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيَاح šiyāḥ	الشِّيَاح aš-šiyāḥ	شِيَاح šiyāḥ
Nominative	شِيَاحٌ šiyāḥun	الشِّيَاحُ aš-šiyāḥu	شِيَاحُ šiyāḥu
Accusative	شِيَاحًا šiyāḥan	الشِّيَاحَ aš-šiyāḥa	شِيَاحَ šiyāḥa
Genitive	شِيَاحٍ šiyāḥin	الشِّيَاحِ aš-šiyāḥi	شِيَاحِ šiyāḥi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: շէհ (šēh)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “شيح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 470
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 78
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 379–390
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شيح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 687
• H7880 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شيع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1631-1633
• “syḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–