لحلاح

Arabic
لحلاح – Colchicum autumnale
لحلاح – Colchicum stevenii

Etymology

Clipping of قِلَحْلَاح (qilaḥlāḥ), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܚܠܚܐ (qᵊlaḥlāḥā, “giant fennel; any giant stem”) which is also found as كَلْخ (kalḵ, “fennel”), by observation of the stems of the plant. The same kind of clipping is found in لَبْلَاب (lablāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laħ.laːħ/

Noun

لَحْلَاح • (laḥlāḥ) m

  1. meadow-saffron, hermodactyl (Colchicum spp.)
    Synonyms: سُورَنْجَان (sūranjān), فَرْج الْأَرْض (farj al-ʔarḍ), قَلْب الأَرْض (qalb al-ʔarḍ), قَسْطَل الْأَرْض (qasṭal al-ʔarḍ)

Declension
Declension of noun لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لَحْلَاح
laḥlāḥ		 اللَّحْلَاح
al-laḥlāḥ		 لَحْلَاح
laḥlāḥ
Nominative لَحْلَاحٌ
laḥlāḥun		 اللَّحْلَاحُ
al-laḥlāḥu		 لَحْلَاحُ
laḥlāḥu
Accusative لَحْلَاحًا
laḥlāḥan		 اللَّحْلَاحَ
al-laḥlāḥa		 لَحْلَاحَ
laḥlāḥa
Genitive لَحْلَاحٍ
laḥlāḥin		 اللَّحْلَاحِ
al-laḥlāḥi		 لَحْلَاحِ
laḥlāḥi

References
  • “qlḥlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “qlḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 339–340
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