قصعين

Arabic

Etymology

Probably from Aramaic *קצעינא / *ܩܨܥܝܢܐ (*qaṣʕīnā). The plant is not often unequivocally referred to in retained Late Aramaic literature, and even in the later Arabic period is but designated by artificial and borrowed names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qasˤ.ʕiːn/

Noun

قَصْعِين • (qaṣʕīn) m

1. sage (Salvia officinalis)

   Synonyms: مَرْيَمِيَّة (maryamiyya), (obsolete) رِعْي الأُيَّل (riʕy al-ʔuyyal), سَالَبِيَّة (sālabiyya), شَالَبِيَّة (šālabiyya) (al-Andalus), نَاعِمَة (nāʕima) (al-Andalus)

Declension

Declension of noun قَصْعِين (qaṣʕīn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَصْعِين qaṣʕīn	الْقَصْعِين al-qaṣʕīn	قَصْعِين qaṣʕīn
nominative	قَصْعِينٌ qaṣʕīnun	الْقَصْعِينُ al-qaṣʕīnu	قَصْعِينُ qaṣʕīnu
accusative	قَصْعِينًا qaṣʕīnan	الْقَصْعِينَ al-qaṣʕīna	قَصْعِينَ qaṣʕīna
genitive	قَصْعِينٍ qaṣʕīnin	الْقَصْعِينِ al-qaṣʕīni	قَصْعِينِ qaṣʕīni

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “قصعين”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Löw, Immanuel (1924), Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 102