إشقيل

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Arabic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Perhaps more often rendered by ش (š) in Arabic, otherwise rare in Greek borrowings save for historical laminal /s/ pronunciation in Vulgar Latin or Romance engendering it, because in Classical Syriac in which the word had spread earlier it had ܣ (s) which corresponds in inherited cognates to Proto-Semitic .

Noun[edit]

إشْقِيل (ʔišqīlm

  1. squill (Drimia maritima)
    Synonyms: عُنْصُل (ʕunṣul), بَصَل الفَأْر (baṣal al-faʔr)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Medieval Hebrew: אישקיל (ʾišqī́l)

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