هندباء

Arabic

هِنْدِبَاء‏‎

Alternative forms

• هِنْدَب (hindab), هِنْدِبَا (hindibā)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, “endive, dandelion, chicory”), from Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon) of uncertain origin; cognates with English endive and Late Latin intibus. Applied variously to the members of the tribe Cichorieae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hin.di.baːʔ/

Noun

هِنْدِبَاء‏‎ • (hindibāʔ) f (collective)

1. dandelion (Taraxacum gen.)
2. chicory, endive (Cichorium gen.)

Declension

Declension of noun هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ	الْهِنْدِبَاء al-hindibāʔ	هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ
Nominative	هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʔu	الْهِنْدِبَاءُ al-hindibāʔu	هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʔu
Accusative	هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa	الْهِنْدِبَاءَ al-hindibāʔa	هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa
Genitive	هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa	الْهِنْدِبَاءِ al-hindibāʔi	هِنْدِبَاءِ hindibāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِنْدِبَاوَيْن hindibāwayn	الْهِنْدِبَاوَيْن al-hindibāwayn	هِنْدِبَاوَيْ hindibāway
Nominative	هِنْدِبَاوَانِ hindibāwāni	الْهِنْدِبَاوَانِ al-hindibāwāni	هِنْدِبَاوَا hindibāwā
Accusative	هِنْدِبَاوَيْنِ hindibāwayni	الْهِنْدِبَاوَيْنِ al-hindibāwayni	هِنْدِبَاوَيْ hindibāway
Genitive	هِنْدِبَاوَيْنِ hindibāwayni	الْهِنْدِبَاوَيْنِ al-hindibāwayni	هِنْدِبَاوَيْ hindibāway
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِنْدِبَاوَات hindibāwāt	الْهِنْدِبَاوَات al-hindibāwāt	هِنْدِبَاوَات hindibāwāt
Nominative	هِنْدِبَاوَاتٌ hindibāwātun	الْهِنْدِبَاوَاتُ al-hindibāwātu	هِنْدِبَاوَاتُ hindibāwātu
Accusative	هِنْدِبَاوَاتٍ hindibāwātin	الْهِنْدِبَاوَاتِ al-hindibāwāti	هِنْدِبَاوَاتِ hindibāwāti
Genitive	هِنْدِبَاوَاتٍ hindibāwātin	الْهِنْدِبَاوَاتِ al-hindibāwāti	هِنْدِبَاوَاتِ hindibāwāti

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 415–420
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214