عصا الراعي
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Classical Syriac ܚܘܛܪܝ ܪܥܝܐ (ḥuṭray rāʿyā), itself a calque of Akkadian 𒌑𒃻𒉺 (U₂GAR.PA /ḫaṭṭi rē’î/, literally “herd’s staff”), or an unattested expression with 𒄷𒁕𒊒 (ḫu-ṭa-ru /ḫuṭāru/, “staff”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عَصَا الرَاعِي • (ʕaṣā r-rāʕī) f
- sowbread (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum the leaves of which are filled and eaten as rolls, the roots are used for saponin)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بخور مريم
- bistort (Polygonum aviculare and Bistorta officinalis)
- Misconstruction of كِيس الرَاعِي (kīs ar-rāʕī) “shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris”
Declension edit
Declension of noun عَصَا الرَّاعِي (ʕaṣā r-rāʕī)
Singular | singular in ـًا (-an) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī |
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Nominative | — | عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī |
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Accusative | — | عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī |
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Genitive | — | عَصَا الرَّاعِي ʕaṣā r-rāʕī |
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References edit
- “ḥwṭry**rˁyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 34
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 368
- Stol, Marten (2012) “[Review of] GIGNOUX, P. - Lexique des termes de la pharmacopée syriaque. (Cahiers de Studia Iranica 47, Chétiens en terre d'Iran V). Peeters, Leuven, 2011”, in Bibliotheca Orientalis[3], volume 69, numbers 5–6, column 628