جثجاث

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جثْجاثPulicaria incisa
جثجاثPulicaria dysenterica

Etymology

Reduplication from the root ج ث ث (j-ṯ-ṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaθ.d͡ʒaːθ/

Noun

جَثْجَاث (jaṯjāṯm (collective, singulative جَثْجَاثَة f (jaṯjāṯa))

  1. false fleabane (Pulicaria gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: رَعْرَاع (raʕrāʕ), عَرَار (ʕarār)
    • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان , volume 2, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1867, page 34:
    • a. 1832, محمد بن لعبون, هل الدار يا عواد إلا منازل:
      وَلَا تَحْسِب اَلْجَثْجَاثَ وَٱلْرِمْثَ وَٱلْحَزَا
      walā taḥsib al-jaṯjāṯa wal-rimṯa wal-ḥazā
      Stay away from false fleabane, saxaul and rue!

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