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Arabic
Etymology
While the shape suggests a Hurrian plant name, the ending is rather part of an Aramaic root פ־ל־ח / ܦ-ܠ-ܚ (p-l-ḥ) (as in فَلَّاح (fallāḥ)) or פ־ר־ח / ܦ-ܪ-ܚ (p-r-ḥ), which have been used for plant capsules bursting open such as the developing caperberry does; Aramaic פׅרְחָא (pirḥā) / ܦܲܪܚܵܐ (parḥā) is specifically attested as meaning caper. Compare parallel developments in لَصَف (laṣaf, “caper”); and indeed عِتْر (ʕitr, “caper; Glossonema varians”) is from a root used for slit offerings. The leading syllable in the present Arabic word is the Proto-Semitic causative prefix *ša-.
Noun
شَفَلَّح • (šafallaḥ) m
- caper (Capparis spinosa and its produce)
- Synonyms: كَبَر (kabar), عِتْر (ʕitr), لَصَف (laṣaf)
Declension
Declension of noun شَفَلَّح (šafallaḥ)
Singular
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basic singular triptote
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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Informal
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شَفَلَّح šafallaḥ
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الشَّفَلَّح aš-šafallaḥ
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شَفَلَّح šafallaḥ
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Nominative
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شَفَلَّحٌ šafallaḥun
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الشَّفَلَّحُ aš-šafallaḥu
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شَفَلَّحُ šafallaḥu
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Accusative
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شَفَلَّحًا šafallaḥan
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الشَّفَلَّحَ aš-šafallaḥa
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شَفَلَّحَ šafallaḥa
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Genitive
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شَفَلَّحٍ šafallaḥin
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الشَّفَلَّحِ aš-šafallaḥi
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شَفَلَّحِ šafallaḥi
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References
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 322–331
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 262–265, especially 264
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 277