مسحقونيا

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مَشْحَقُونِيَا (mašḥaqūniyā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܫܚܩܘܢܝܐ (məšaḥ-qōnyā, literally “ointment of ashes”), from ܡܫܚܐ (mešḥā, “salve, unguent”) + ܩܘܢܝܐ (qōnyā, “ashes in general; lye from ashes and quicklime; glaze”) borrowed from Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust, ashes, scilicet potash, saltwort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ħa.quː.ni.jaː/

Noun

مَسْحَقُونِيَا • (masḥaqūniyā) m

1. (obsolete) calcium silicate, dross or slags from glass
   • 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 155 Nr. 257:

     جَوارِشْن مَسْحَقُونِيَا نافع من النقرس ووجع المَتْنَيْن والْأَمْرَاض الّتي من البرودة والرطوبة

     The calcium silicate stomachic useful against gout, pain in the loins, and those diseases which are caused by coldness and moisture

   • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, page 262:

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْحَقُونِيَا (masḥaqūniyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā	الْمَسْحَقُونِيَا al-masḥaqūniyā	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā
Nominative	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā	الْمَسْحَقُونِيَا al-masḥaqūniyā	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā
Accusative	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā	الْمَسْحَقُونِيَا al-masḥaqūniyā	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā
Genitive	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā	الْمَسْحَقُونِيَا al-masḥaqūniyā	مَسْحَقُونِيَا masḥaqūniyā

Descendants

• → Italian: marzacotto
  • → Spanish: mazacote