إجاص

Arabic

إِجَّاص

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Hebrew אַגָּס (ʾagā́s, “pear”); not attested in Aramaic, but attested in Akkadian 𒄑𒀭𒂵𒋗 (angašu, “pear or plum tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔid͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːsˤ/

Noun

إِجَّاص • (ʔijjāṣ) m or f or f pl (collective, singulative إِجَّاصَة (ʾijjāṣa), paucal إجَّاصَات (ʾijjāṣāt))

1. pears (the fruits as well as the tree, the whole genus Pyrus)

   Synonyms: (esp. Egypt) كُمَّثْرَى (kummaṯrā), (Iraq, West Yemen, also Syria (a Turkism)) عَرْمُوط (ʕarmūṭ)

   • 2016 November 7, “فرنسا احتجاج نسوي في باريس ضد التمييز في الأجور بين النساء والرجال”, in Euronews‎^[1]:

     “إنه أمر مثير للإحباط. يُقال إن “الإجاصات الجيدة هي التي تشتغل محل البرقوق.

     It is frustrating. One says that “the naïve pears run the plum shop.”

2. (al-Andalus (in educated speech – the other meaning is anyway used), today Iraq) plum (Prunus domestica)

   Synonyms: (means apricots in Al-Andalus) بَرْقُوق (barqūq), (Syria, Jordania, Oman) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar)

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 9, Art. 1, page 508:

     الإجاص قال غ وهو عبقر إذا أشرف وقدم فلا يتعرض عليه بالحديد فإن دعت ضرورة لقطع أعلاه فينظر شجرته فإن ظهر فيها السوس فتحامى بالقطع ولا تقرب بالحديد بوجه وتنقى ما دام أملس الساق والأغصان محدثا.

     About the prune, that is the plum, says Ibn Ḥajjāj that when it is high and old it should not meet the iron, but if necessity calls then the top can be cut and the tree cleaned, and if rot appears on it then it can be warded off by cutting, and the iron should not approach it as long as the stem is smooth and the branches new.

Declension

Declension of noun إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِجَّاص ʔijjāṣ	الْإِجَّاص al-ʔijjāṣ	إِجَّاص ʔijjāṣ
Nominative	إِجَّاصٌ ʔijjāṣun	الْإِجَّاصُ al-ʔijjāṣu	إِجَّاصُ ʔijjāṣu
Accusative	إِجَّاصًا ʔijjāṣan	الْإِجَّاصَ al-ʔijjāṣa	إِجَّاصَ ʔijjāṣa
Genitive	إِجَّاصٍ ʔijjāṣin	الْإِجَّاصِ al-ʔijjāṣi	إِجَّاصِ ʔijjāṣi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِجَّاصَة ʔijjāṣa	الْإِجَّاصَة al-ʔijjāṣa	إِجَّاصَة ʔijjāṣat
Nominative	إِجَّاصَةٌ ʔijjāṣatun	الْإِجَّاصَةُ al-ʔijjāṣatu	إِجَّاصَةُ ʔijjāṣatu
Accusative	إِجَّاصَةً ʔijjāṣatan	الْإِجَّاصَةَ al-ʔijjāṣata	إِجَّاصَةَ ʔijjāṣata
Genitive	إِجَّاصَةٍ ʔijjāṣatin	الْإِجَّاصَةِ al-ʔijjāṣati	إِجَّاصَةِ ʔijjāṣati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِجَّاصَتَيْن ʔijjāṣatayn	الْإِجَّاصَتَيْن al-ʔijjāṣatayn	إِجَّاصَتَيْ ʔijjāṣatay
Nominative	إِجَّاصَتَانِ ʔijjāṣatāni	الْإِجَّاصَتَانِ al-ʔijjāṣatāni	إِجَّاصَتَا ʔijjāṣatā
Accusative	إِجَّاصَتَيْنِ ʔijjāṣatayni	الْإِجَّاصَتَيْنِ al-ʔijjāṣatayni	إِجَّاصَتَيْ ʔijjāṣatay
Genitive	إِجَّاصَتَيْنِ ʔijjāṣatayni	الْإِجَّاصَتَيْنِ al-ʔijjāṣatayni	إِجَّاصَتَيْ ʔijjāṣatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِجَّاصَات ʔijjāṣāt	الْإِجَّاصَات al-ʔijjāṣāt	إِجَّاصَات ʔijjāṣāt
Nominative	إِجَّاصَاتٌ ʔijjāṣātun	الْإِجَّاصَاتُ al-ʔijjāṣātu	إِجَّاصَاتُ ʔijjāṣātu
Accusative	إِجَّاصَاتٍ ʔijjāṣātin	الْإِجَّاصَاتِ al-ʔijjāṣāti	إِجَّاصَاتِ ʔijjāṣāti
Genitive	إِجَّاصَاتٍ ʔijjāṣātin	الْإِجَّاصَاتِ al-ʔijjāṣāti	إِجَّاصَاتِ ʔijjāṣāti

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 499–502
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235–240
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 208