دلاع

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Arabic[edit]

دَلَّاع

Etymology[edit]

Considered sometimes a Berber borrowing,[1] which would coincide with the spread of the watermelon in the Early Middle Ages from West Africa, however first attested in Imperial Aramaic as a plural 𐡃𐡋𐡏𐡍 (dlʿn, “gourds”) in the first quarter of the 5th century BCE,[2] and it occurs in Hebrew from the Mishnaic period as דְּלַעַת (dəlaʿáṯ, “gourd”). The Arabic root د ل ع (d-l-ʕ) related to “sticking out, hanging out” is connected to the word[3] in view of the watermelon’s way of growth. That it is first attested in Aramaic and appears only more than half a millennium later in Hebrew, sometimes with an Aramaizing plural ending, and the measure which the Arabic exposes varies in the first vowel and is in both cases for this semantic field more common in Aramaic than Arabic, points to the word having passed into Arabic from Aramaic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dal.laːʕ/, /dul.laːʕ/

Noun[edit]

دَلَّاع or دُلَّاع • (dallāʕ or dullāʕ) m (collective, singulative دَلَّاعَة f (dallāʕa) or دُلَّاعَة (dullāʕa))

  1. watermelon
    Synonyms: بِطِّيخ أَحْمَر (biṭṭīḵ ʔaḥmar), بِطِّيخ هِنْدِيّ (biṭṭīḵ hindiyy), حَبْحَب (ḥabḥab), جَبَس (jabas)

Declension[edit]

Declension of noun دَلَّاع (dallāʕ)‎; دُلَّاع (dullāʕ)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاع‎; دُلَّاع
dallāʕ‎; dullāʕ 		الدَّلَّاع‎; الدُّلَّاع
ad-dallāʕ‎; ad-dullāʕ 		دَلَّاع‎; دُلَّاع
dallāʕ‎; dullāʕ
Nominative دَلَّاعٌ‎; دُلَّاعٌ
dallāʕun‎; dullāʕun 		الدَّلَّاعُ‎; الدُّلَّاعُ
ad-dallāʕu‎; ad-dullāʕu 		دَلَّاعُ‎; دُلَّاعُ
dallāʕu‎; dullāʕu
Accusative دَلَّاعًا‎; دُلَّاعًا
dallāʕan‎; dullāʕan 		الدَّلَّاعَ‎; الدُّلَّاعَ
ad-dallāʕa‎; ad-dullāʕa 		دَلَّاعَ‎; دُلَّاعَ
dallāʕa‎; dullāʕa
Genitive دَلَّاعٍ‎; دُلَّاعٍ
dallāʕin‎; dullāʕin 		الدَّلَّاعِ‎; الدُّلَّاعِ
ad-dallāʕi‎; ad-dullāʕi 		دَلَّاعِ‎; دُلَّاعِ
dallāʕi‎; dullāʕi
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَة‎; دُلَّاعَة
dallāʕa‎; dullāʕa 		الدَّلَّاعَة‎; الدُّلَّاعَة
ad-dallāʕa‎; ad-dullāʕa 		دَلَّاعَة‎; دُلَّاعَة
dallāʕat‎; dullāʕat
Nominative دَلَّاعَةٌ‎; دُلَّاعَةٌ
dallāʕatun‎; dullāʕatun 		الدَّلَّاعَةُ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةُ
ad-dallāʕatu‎; ad-dullāʕatu 		دَلَّاعَةُ‎; دُلَّاعَةُ
dallāʕatu‎; dullāʕatu
Accusative دَلَّاعَةً‎; دُلَّاعَةً
dallāʕatan‎; dullāʕatan 		الدَّلَّاعَةَ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةَ
ad-dallāʕata‎; ad-dullāʕata 		دَلَّاعَةَ‎; دُلَّاعَةَ
dallāʕata‎; dullāʕata
Genitive دَلَّاعَةٍ‎; دُلَّاعَةٍ
dallāʕatin‎; dullāʕatin 		الدَّلَّاعَةِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةِ
ad-dallāʕati‎; ad-dullāʕati 		دَلَّاعَةِ‎; دُلَّاعَةِ
dallāʕati‎; dullāʕati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَتَيْن‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْن
dallāʕatayn‎; dullāʕatayn 		الدَّلَّاعَتَيْن‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْن
ad-dallāʕatayn‎; ad-dullāʕatayn 		دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Nominative دَلَّاعَتَانِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَانِ
dallāʕatāni‎; dullāʕatāni 		الدَّلَّاعَتَانِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَانِ
ad-dallāʕatāni‎; ad-dullāʕatāni 		دَلَّاعَتَا‎; دُلَّاعَتَا
dallāʕatā‎; dullāʕatā
Accusative دَلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْنِ
dallāʕatayni‎; dullāʕatayni 		الدَّلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْنِ
ad-dallāʕatayni‎; ad-dullāʕatayni 		دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Genitive دَلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْنِ
dallāʕatayni‎; dullāʕatayni 		الدَّلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْنِ
ad-dallāʕatayni‎; ad-dullāʕatayni 		دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَات‎; دُلَّاعَات
dallāʕāt‎; dullāʕāt 		الدَّلَّاعَات‎; الدُّلَّاعَات
ad-dallāʕāt‎; ad-dullāʕāt 		دَلَّاعَات‎; دُلَّاعَات
dallāʕāt‎; dullāʕāt
Nominative دَلَّاعَاتٌ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٌ
dallāʕātun‎; dullāʕātun 		الدَّلَّاعَاتُ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتُ
ad-dallāʕātu‎; ad-dullāʕātu 		دَلَّاعَاتُ‎; دُلَّاعَاتُ
dallāʕātu‎; dullāʕātu
Accusative دَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٍ
dallāʕātin‎; dullāʕātin 		الدَّلَّاعَاتِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتِ
ad-dallāʕāti‎; ad-dullāʕāti 		دَلَّاعَاتِ‎; دُلَّاعَاتِ
dallāʕāti‎; dullāʕāti
Genitive دَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٍ
dallāʕātin‎; dullāʕātin 		الدَّلَّاعَاتِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتِ
ad-dallāʕāti‎; ad-dullāʕāti 		دَلَّاعَاتِ‎; دُلَّاعَاتِ
dallāʕāti‎; dullāʕāti

Descendants[edit]

  • Algerian Arabic: دلاع (dallāʕ)
  • Maltese: dulliegħ
  • Moroccan Arabic: دلاح (dallāḥ)
  • → Medieval Latin: adulaha

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paris, Harry S. (2015) “Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus”, in Annals of Botany‎[1], number 116, →DOI, page 145; a treatise which has been summarized by Strauss, Mark (2015 August 21) “The 5,000-Year Secret History of the Watermelon”, in National Geographic‎[2].
  2. ^ On which “dlˁt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–.
  3. ^ Already Hiller, Matthæus (1725) Hierophyticon sive Commentarius in loca Scripturae Sacrae quae plantarum faciunt mentionem (in Latin), volume 2, Treves: Jacob Broedelet, page 234.
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