قوقا

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܝܩܐܣ (qīqās), ܩܝܩܘܣ (qīqōs), from Ancient Greek κηκίς (kēkís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quː.qaː/

Noun

قُوقَا • (qūqā) m (obsolete)

1. oakgall

   Synonym: عَفْص (ʕafṣ)

   • a. 869, سَابُورُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ [Sābūr ibn Sahl], edited by Oliver Kahl, Dispensatorium Parvum (al-Aqrābādhīn al-saghīr) (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 16), Leiden: Brill, published 1994, →ISBN, page 110 Nr. 145:

     صنعة القُوقا
     النافع لِلاختلاف والحابس لِلبطن ونافع من قروح الأمعاء واختلاف الدم وهو حَبّ العَفْص

     The preparation of qūqā,
     useful against regurgitation, astricting the belly, also useful against intestinal ulcers and regurgitant bleeding—it is nut-galls.

Declension

Declension of noun قُوقَا (qūqā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُوقَا qūqā	الْقُوقَا al-qūqā	قُوقَا qūqā
Nominative	قُوقَا qūqā	الْقُوقَا al-qūqā	قُوقَا qūqā
Accusative	قُوقَا qūqā	الْقُوقَا al-qūqā	قُوقَا qūqā
Genitive	قُوقَا qūqā	الْقُوقَا al-qūqā	قُوقَا qūqā

References

• سَابُورُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ [Sābūr ibn Sahl] (a. 869) Oliver Kahl, editor, Dispensatorium Parvum (al-Aqrābādhīn al-saghīr) (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 16) (in Arabic), Leiden: Brill, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 220–221 note 162
• Payne Smith, Robert (1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), volume 2, Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3610