عناب

Arabic

عُنَّاب

Etymology

From the root ع ن ب (ʕ-n-b) meaning a grape, berry, fruit, flower, or shoot; from Proto-Semitic *ʿanbab- (“fruit, flower, shoot”), ultimately Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿanbab- (“plant, flower”). Compare Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab, “grape”), Hebrew עֵנָב (ʿēnāḇ, “grape”), Hebrew עֲנָבָה‎ (ʿănāḇā), Aramaic עֲנָבָא (ʿănnāḇā, “stalk of grapes”), עִנְּבָא (ʿinneḇā, “cluster of grapes”), עִנְבְּתָא (ʿinbəṯā, “berry”), Classical Syriac ܥܷܢܒ݂݁ܳܬܐ (ʿinbəṯā, “berry”), Ugaritic 𐎙𐎐𐎁 (ġnb, “fruit, grape(s)”), Sabaean 𐩲𐩬𐩨 (ʿnb, “vineyard”), and Akkadian 𒄧 (GURUN /⁠enbu⁠/, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.naːb/

Noun

عُنَّاب • (ʕunnāb) m (collective, singulative عُنَّابَة f (ʕunnāba))

1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
   • 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 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 30, Art. 8, page 429:

     وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأرز وتقلع الحناء.

     In this ripen the peach, the pomegranate, and the quince, and some olives become black, and the common whitebeam and the oak and the chestnut become good, and the walnuts open, and it is the best time to gather them, and in it pines and jujubes are harvested, and in it asparagus appears, and one begins to till and sow after the rain in some regions, and one collects caraway and jeera and green beans and leopard’s bane and basil seeds and coriander and rice and pulls the henna.

Declension

Declension of noun عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّاب ʕunnāb	الْعُنَّاب al-ʕunnāb	عُنَّاب ʕunnāb
Nominative	عُنَّابٌ ʕunnābun	الْعُنَّابُ al-ʕunnābu	عُنَّابُ ʕunnābu
Accusative	عُنَّابًا ʕunnāban	الْعُنَّابَ al-ʕunnāba	عُنَّابَ ʕunnāba
Genitive	عُنَّابٍ ʕunnābin	الْعُنَّابِ al-ʕunnābi	عُنَّابِ ʕunnābi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَة ʕunnāba	الْعُنَّابَة al-ʕunnāba	عُنَّابَة ʕunnābat
Nominative	عُنَّابَةٌ ʕunnābatun	الْعُنَّابَةُ al-ʕunnābatu	عُنَّابَةُ ʕunnābatu
Accusative	عُنَّابَةً ʕunnābatan	الْعُنَّابَةَ al-ʕunnābata	عُنَّابَةَ ʕunnābata
Genitive	عُنَّابَةٍ ʕunnābatin	الْعُنَّابَةِ al-ʕunnābati	عُنَّابَةِ ʕunnābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَتَيْن ʕunnābatayn	الْعُنَّابَتَيْن al-ʕunnābatayn	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Nominative	عُنَّابَتَانِ ʕunnābatāni	الْعُنَّابَتَانِ al-ʕunnābatāni	عُنَّابَتَا ʕunnābatā
Accusative	عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni	الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Genitive	عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni	الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt	الْعُنَّابَات al-ʕunnābāt	عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt
Nominative	عُنَّابَاتٌ ʕunnābātun	الْعُنَّابَاتُ al-ʕunnābātu	عُنَّابَاتُ ʕunnābātu
Accusative	عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin	الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti	عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti
Genitive	عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin	الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti	عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: յուննապ (yunnap)
  • Armenian: ունաբ (unab)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb).

Noun

عناب • (ʻanâb)

1. jujube