طحلب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ح ل ب (ṭ-ḥ-l-b) meaning "to be overspread with green", related to ط ح ل (ṭ-ḥ-l) meaning "to be dingy or dusky", "to be greenish-grey", "to be turbid or murky".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤuħ.lub/

Noun

طُحْلُب • (ṭuḥlub) f (plural طَحَالِب (ṭaḥālib))

1. alga, watermoss
2. moss, lichen
3. slime

Declension

Declension of noun طُحْلُب (ṭuḥlub)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُحْلُب ṭuḥlub	الطُّحْلُب aṭ-ṭuḥlub	طُحْلُب ṭuḥlub
Nominative	طُحْلُبٌ ṭuḥlubun	الطُّحْلُبُ aṭ-ṭuḥlubu	طُحْلُبُ ṭuḥlubu
Accusative	طُحْلُبًا ṭuḥluban	الطُّحْلُبَ aṭ-ṭuḥluba	طُحْلُبَ ṭuḥluba
Genitive	طُحْلُبٍ ṭuḥlubin	الطُّحْلُبِ aṭ-ṭuḥlubi	طُحْلُبِ ṭuḥlubi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُحْلُبَيْن ṭuḥlubayn	الطُّحْلُبَيْن aṭ-ṭuḥlubayn	طُحْلُبَيْ ṭuḥlubay
Nominative	طُحْلُبَانِ ṭuḥlubāni	الطُّحْلُبَانِ aṭ-ṭuḥlubāni	طُحْلُبَا ṭuḥlubā
Accusative	طُحْلُبَيْنِ ṭuḥlubayni	الطُّحْلُبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭuḥlubayni	طُحْلُبَيْ ṭuḥlubay
Genitive	طُحْلُبَيْنِ ṭuḥlubayni	الطُّحْلُبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭuḥlubayni	طُحْلُبَيْ ṭuḥlubay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَحَالِب ṭaḥālib	الطَّحَالِب aṭ-ṭaḥālib	طَحَالِب ṭaḥālib
Nominative	طَحَالِبُ ṭaḥālibu	الطَّحَالِبُ aṭ-ṭaḥālibu	طَحَالِبُ ṭaḥālibu
Accusative	طَحَالِبَ ṭaḥāliba	الطَّحَالِبَ aṭ-ṭaḥāliba	طَحَالِبَ ṭaḥāliba
Genitive	طَحَالِبَ ṭaḥāliba	الطَّحَالِبِ aṭ-ṭaḥālibi	طَحَالِبِ ṭaḥālibi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “طحلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “طحل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1830-1831