جعضيض
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Etymology
[edit]In Classical Arabic يَعْضِيض (yaʕḍīḍ), from the root ع ض ض (ʕ-ḍ-ḍ) due to its jagged appearance, altered after a scheme known from جَرْبُوز (jarbūz) and جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ), perhaps also under influence of the plant-names جَعْدَة (jaʕda) and جُعْدَة (juʕda).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]جَعْضِيض • (jaʕḍīḍ) m
- common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
- Synonym: تِفَاف (tifāf)
- (sometimes) endive (Cichorium gen. et spp. of the same tribe)
- Synonym: هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ)
- Hyponym: طَرَخَشْقُون (ṭaraḵašqūn)
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun جَعْضِيض (jaʕḍīḍ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ |
الْجَعْضِيض al-jaʕḍīḍ |
جَعْضِيض jaʕḍīḍ |
Nominative | جَعْضِيضٌ jaʕḍīḍun |
الْجَعْضِيضُ al-jaʕḍīḍu |
جَعْضِيضُ jaʕḍīḍu |
Accusative | جَعْضِيضًا jaʕḍīḍan |
الْجَعْضِيضَ al-jaʕḍīḍa |
جَعْضِيضَ jaʕḍīḍa |
Genitive | جَعْضِيضٍ jaʕḍīḍin |
الْجَعْضِيضِ al-jaʕḍīḍi |
جَعْضِيضِ jaʕḍīḍi |
References
[edit]- أحمد تيمور باشا (a. 1930) “جُعْضيضْ”, in الألفاظ العامية المصرية (in Arabic)