شفلح

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Etymology

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While the shape suggests a Hurrian plant name, the ending is rather part of an Aramaic root פ־ל־ח / ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) (as in فَلَّاح (fallāḥ)) or פ־ר־ח / ܦ-ܪ-ܚ (p-r-ḥ), which have been used for plant capsules bursting open such as the developing caperberry does; Aramaic פׅרְחָא (pirḥā) / ܦܲܪܚܵܐ (parḥā) is specifically attested as meaning caper. Compare parallel developments in لَصَف (laṣaf, caper); and indeed عِتْر (ʕitr, caper; Glossonema varians) is from a root used for slit offerings. The leading syllable in the present Arabic word is the Proto-Semitic causative prefix *ša-.

Noun

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شَفَلَّح (šafallaḥm

  1. caper (Capparis spinosa and its produce)
    Synonyms: كَبَر (kabar), عِتْر (ʕitr), لَصَف (laṣaf)

Declension

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