أشنان
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain etymology; cognate or derived from Classical Syriac ܫܢܬܐ (šanṯā, “moss, lichen”); compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna, “moss, lichen”), Persian اشنان (ošnân, “saltwort”), Old Armenian աւշնան (awšnan, “saltwort”).
Pronunciation
Noun
أُشْنَان • (ʔušnān) m
- saltwort, Amaranthaceae spp.:
- Anabasis gen et spp.
- Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
- Kali spp.
- Salsola spp.
- Salicornia spp.
- potash
Declension
Declension of noun أُشْنَان (ʔušnān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أُشْنَان ʔušnān |
الْأُشْنَان al-ʔušnān |
أُشْنَان ʔušnān |
Nominative | أُشْنَانٌ ʔušnānun |
الْأُشْنَانُ al-ʔušnānu |
أُشْنَانُ ʔušnānu |
Accusative | أُشْنَانًا ʔušnānan |
الْأُشْنَانَ al-ʔušnāna |
أُشْنَانَ ʔušnāna |
Genitive | أُشْنَانٍ ʔušnānin |
الْأُشْنَانِ al-ʔušnāni |
أُشْنَانِ ʔušnāni |
References
- [1]
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 789
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “أشنان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 62
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 144, 253, 360
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أشنان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 27