مقلياثا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܩܠܝܬܐ (məqallīṯā, “fried”) because the garden vegetable has been consumed in such a form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maq.li.jaː.θaː/

Noun

مَقْلِيَاثَا • (maqliyāṯā) m or f

1. (obsolete, uncommon) cress (Lepidium sativum)

   Synonym: حُرْف (ḥurf)

Declension

Declension of noun مَقْلِيَاثَا (maqliyāṯā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā	الْمَقْلِيَاثَا al-maqliyāṯā	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā
Nominative	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā	الْمَقْلِيَاثَا al-maqliyāṯā	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā
Accusative	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā	الْمَقْلِيَاثَا al-maqliyāṯā	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā
Genitive	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā	الْمَقْلِيَاثَا al-maqliyāṯā	مَقْلِيَاثَا maqliyāṯā

References

• “mmy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1212
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مقلياثا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 605