المريخ
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root م ر خ (m-r-ḵ), meaning "to rub", "to leak sap (especially flammable oils)", "to anoint or cover in oil", "to rub together flammable branches"; stemming from the red color of the planet being associated with fire, a conception found in archaic synonyms as well.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
الْمِرِّيخ • (al-mirrīḵ) m
Declension
Declension of noun الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْمِرِّيخ al-mirrīḵ |
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| Nominative | — | الْمِرِّيخُ al-mirrīḵu |
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| Accusative | — | الْمِرِّيخَ al-mirrīḵa |
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| Genitive | — | الْمِرِّيخِ al-mirrīḵi |
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Synonyms
- المُحَرِّق (al-muḥarriq, “the burner, the burning one>”)
- عَزِيزَان (ʕazīzān, “the most powerful, strongest, the most intense”)
- الأَحْمَر (al-ʔaḥmar, “the red one”)
- النَحْسَانِ (an-naḥsāni, “the two misfortunes”), paired with Saturn, contrasted with Venus and Mercury, or Venus and Jupiter in another tradition
- النَحْس الأَصْغَر (an-naḥs al-ʔaṣḡar, “the lesser misfortune”), contrasted with Saturn the greater
Derived terms
- مِرِّيخِيّ (mirrīḵiyy)
Descendants
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) كَوَاكِب الْمَجْمُوعَة الشَّمْسِيَّة (kawākib al-majmūʿa aš-šamsiyya); عُطَارِد (ʕuṭārid), الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara), الْأَرْض (al-ʔarḍ), الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ), الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī), زُحَل (zuḥal), أُورَانُوس (ʾuranōs), نِبْتُون (nebtūn)
Further reading
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “المريخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 167