غبيراء

Arabic

غُبَيْرَاء (Sorbus aucuparia)

Alternative forms

• غُبَيْرَا (ḡubayrā), غُبَيْرَة (ḡubayra)

Etymology

From أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar, “dust-coloured”), compare for the form صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ, “planetree maple”) and سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, “seepweed”).

Root
غ ب ر (ḡ-b-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.baj.raːʔ/

Noun

غُبَيْرَاء • (ḡubayrāʔ) f

1. mountain ash, rowan (Sorbus gen. et spp.)
2. rupturewort (Herniaria hemistemon)
3. heliotropes (Heliotropium spp.)
4. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
5. Polycarpaea spp. (syn. Robbairea spp. and Polycarpon spp.)
6. (apocryphal) Lepidagathis spp.
7. (apocryphal) sweetjuices (Glinus spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبَيْرَاء ḡubayrāʔ	الْغُبَيْرَاء al-ḡubayrāʔ	غُبَيْرَاء ḡubayrāʔ
Nominative	غُبَيْرَاءُ ḡubayrāʔu	الْغُبَيْرَاءُ al-ḡubayrāʔu	غُبَيْرَاءُ ḡubayrāʔu
Accusative	غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa	الْغُبَيْرَاءَ al-ḡubayrāʔa	غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa
Genitive	غُبَيْرَاءَ ḡubayrāʔa	الْغُبَيْرَاءِ al-ḡubayrāʔi	غُبَيْرَاءِ ḡubayrāʔi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غبيراء”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 199-200
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبيراء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 255
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 251–253