Alkaid

See also: alkáid

English

Etymology

From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear). Doublet of alcaide and caid.

Proper noun

Alkaid

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.

Synonyms

• Eta Ursae Majoris
• Benetnash

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Alkaidia

Translations

star of the Ursa Major

• Arabic: القائد لبنات النعش (alqāʔidu lbanāti naʕš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑤光 / 瑶光 (zh) (Yáoguāng)

• Hindi: मरीचि (hi) m (marīci), मरीचि तारा m (marīci tārā)
• Italian: Alkaid f

See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic القَائِدُ البَنَاتِ النَعْش (al-qāʔidu l-banāti n-naʕš, literally “the leader of the girls at the bier”).

Proper noun

Alkaid f

1. Alkaid, the third brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major