إكسير

See also: اکسیر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• إِكْسِيرِين (ʔiksīrīn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܣܝܪܝܢ (ksīrīn), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”).

Noun

إِكْسِير • (ʔiksīr) m (plural أَكَاسِير (ʔakāsīr))

1. elixir

Declension

Declension of noun إِكْسِير (ʔiksīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكْسِير ʔiksīr	الْإِكْسِير al-ʔiksīr	إِكْسِير ʔiksīr
Nominative	إِكْسِيرٌ ʔiksīrun	الْإِكْسِيرُ al-ʔiksīru	إِكْسِيرُ ʔiksīru
Accusative	إِكْسِيرًا ʔiksīran	الْإِكْسِيرَ al-ʔiksīra	إِكْسِيرَ ʔiksīra
Genitive	إِكْسِيرٍ ʔiksīrin	الْإِكْسِيرِ al-ʔiksīri	إِكْسِيرِ ʔiksīri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكْسِيرَيْن ʔiksīrayn	الْإِكْسِيرَيْن al-ʔiksīrayn	إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray
Nominative	إِكْسِيرَانِ ʔiksīrāni	الْإِكْسِيرَانِ al-ʔiksīrāni	إِكْسِيرَا ʔiksīrā
Accusative	إِكْسِيرَيْنِ ʔiksīrayni	الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ al-ʔiksīrayni	إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray
Genitive	إِكْسِيرَيْنِ ʔiksīrayni	الْإِكْسِيرَيْنِ al-ʔiksīrayni	إِكْسِيرَيْ ʔiksīray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكَايسِير ?	الْأَكَايسِير ?	أَكَايسِير ?
Nominative	أَكَايسِيرٌ ?	الْأَكَايسِيرُ ?	أَكَايسِيرُ ?
Accusative	أَكَايسِيرًا ?	الْأَكَايسِيرَ ?	أَكَايسِيرَ ?
Genitive	أَكَايسِيرٍ ?	الْأَكَايسِيرِ ?	أَكَايسِيرِ ?

Descendants

• → French: élixir
  • → Polish: eliksir, eliksyr; elixir
  • → Romanian: elixir
• → Medieval Latin: elixir
  • → Dutch: elixer
  • → English: elixir
• → Ottoman Turkish: اكسیر
  • Turkish: iksir
• → Persian: اکسیر (eksir)

References

• “ksyryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 339a
• مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ] (a. 1050) Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 106 (fol. 11v,16–12r,1), page 301