مقدونس إفرنجي

Arabic

مقدونس إفرنجي

Alternative forms

• مَقْدُونِس فَرَنْجِيّ (maqdūnis faranjiyy) — more colloquial

Etymology

A Western European plant rarely known in Arabic lands, hence “Frankish”, which is an epithet added to any plant that is perceived as Western European, and this name has been formed already in medieval times. So also Ottoman Turkish فرنك معدنوسی (frenk maydanozu, “garden chervil, Anthriscus cerefolium”), Turkish frenk maydanozu, and even Greek φραγκομαϊντανός (fragkomaïntanós) for the same plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maq.duː.nis ʔif.ran.d͡ʒijj/

Noun

مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ • (maqdūnis ʔifranjiyy) m

1. chervil, garden chervil, French parsley (Anthriscus cerefolium)

Declension

Declension of noun مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ (maqdūnis ʔifranjiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِي maqdūnis ʔifranjī	الْمَقْدُونِس الْإِفْرَنْجِي al-maqdūnis al-ʔifranjī	مَقْدُونِس ... الْإِفْرَنْجِي maqdūnis ... al-ʔifranjī
Nominative	مَقْدُونِسٌ إِفْرَنْجِيٌّ maqdūnisun ʔifranjiyyun	الْمَقْدُونِسُ الْإِفْرَنْجِيُّ al-maqdūnisu l-ʔifranjiyyu	مَقْدُونِسُ ... الْإِفْرَنْجِيُّ maqdūnisu ... al-ʔifranjiyyu
Accusative	مَقْدُونِسًا إِفْرَنْجِيًّا maqdūnisan ʔifranjiyyan	الْمَقْدُونِسَ الْإِفْرَنْجِيَّ al-maqdūnisa l-ʔifranjiyya	مَقْدُونِسَ ... الْإِفْرَنْجِيَّ maqdūnisa ... al-ʔifranjiyya
Genitive	مَقْدُونِسٍ إِفْرَنْجِيٍّ maqdūnisin ʔifranjiyyin	الْمَقْدُونِسِ الْإِفْرَنْجِيِّ al-maqdūnisi l-ʔifranjiyyi	مَقْدُونِسِ ... الْإِفْرَنْجِيِّ maqdūnisi ... al-ʔifranjiyyi