قلقديس

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܟܠܩܝܕܝܣ (/⁠*kalqidīs⁠/), from Ancient Greek χαλκῖτις (khalkîtis, “containing copper”), derived from χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qal.qa.diːs/

Noun

قَلْقَدِيس • (qalqadīs) m

1. white vitriol, zinc sulfate

Declension

Declension of noun قَلْقَدِيس (qalqadīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْقَدِيس qalqadīs	الْقَلْقَدِيس al-qalqadīs	قَلْقَدِيس qalqadīs
Nominative	قَلْقَدِيسٌ qalqadīsun	الْقَلْقَدِيسُ al-qalqadīsu	قَلْقَدِيسُ qalqadīsu
Accusative	قَلْقَدِيسًا qalqadīsan	الْقَلْقَدِيسَ al-qalqadīsa	قَلْقَدِيسَ qalqadīsa
Genitive	قَلْقَدِيسٍ qalqadīsin	الْقَلْقَدِيسِ al-qalqadīsi	قَلْقَدِيسِ qalqadīsi

References

• “qlqydys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN