أيدع

Arabic

أَيْدَع – Dracaena cinnabari

Etymology

Anciently borrowed from Modern South Arabian, the three quality grades of dragon's blood being called in Soqotri for high quality ʔəmṣɔ́loh, medium quality ʔəʔī́daʕ, low quality fṣɔṣ, the tree ʔaʕarhī́yəb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.daʕ/

Noun

أَيْدَع • (ʔaydaʕ) m

1. dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari, and other Dracaena species, and Calamus draco)

   Synonyms: دَم الْأَخَوَيْن (dam al-ʔaḵawayn), دَم التِنِّين (dam at-tinnīn), دَم الثُعْبَان (dam aṯ-ṯuʕbān), عَنْدَم (ʕandam)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Abū Ḥanīfa ad-Dīnawarī to this entry?)

Declension

Declension of noun أَيْدَع (ʔaydaʕ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَيْدَع ʔaydaʕ	الْأَيْدَع al-ʔaydaʕ	أَيْدَع ʔaydaʕ
Nominative	أَيْدَعُ ʔaydaʕu	الْأَيْدَعُ al-ʔaydaʕu	أَيْدَعُ ʔaydaʕu
Accusative	أَيْدَعَ ʔaydaʕa	الْأَيْدَعَ al-ʔaydaʕa	أَيْدَعَ ʔaydaʕa
Genitive	أَيْدَعَ ʔaydaʕa	الْأَيْدَعِ al-ʔaydaʕi	أَيْدَعِ ʔaydaʕi