علقم

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Arabic

FWOTD – 15 April 2021
عَلْقَم
 علقم on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

From the root ل ق م (l-q-m) with an augment or perhaps elative from it like عَسْجَد (ʕasjad, “gold”).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَلْقَم • (ʕalqam) m (collective, singulative عَلْقَمَة f (ʕalqama) or عَلْقَمَاء (ʕalqamāʔ))

  1. colocynth
    Synonyms: حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal), حَدَج (ḥadaj)
    • 2019 June 24, مشاري الذايدي, “باتجاه سقوط محور تركيا وإيران وقطر”, in Aš-šarq al-ʾawsaṭ‎:
      المعسكر الذي تقبع به سلطات قطر وتركيا وإيران في النازل لا الطالع، تحصد الزقوم وتتجرع العلقم وتضرس الحصرم على أسنان نخرة.
      The camp in which the powers of Qaṭar, Turkey, and Iran trumpet is descending, not ascending; they reap the Egyptian balsam, gorge the colocynth, and chomp on sour grapes high-nosed.
  2. (al-Andalus) squirting cucumber
    Synonyms: قِثَّاء الْحِمَار (qiṯṯāʔ al-ḥimār), فَقُّوس الْحِمَار (faqqūs al-ḥimār), صَاب (ṣāb)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 802 (fol. 68r,1–5), page 938:
      الصاب هو العلقم، وقال أبو حنيفة: الصاب شجر إذا اعتصر خرج منه كهيئة اللبن، فربّما نزتْ منه نزية، أي قطرة، فتقع في العين فكأنّها شهاب نار، وربّما أضعفت البصر.
      Aṣ-ṣāb is the squirting cucumber. Abū Ḥanīfa said: Aṣ-ṣāb is a shrub from which one brings out a milkish sap on squeeze. If a squirt, that is to say a single drop of it, touches the eye, it is afterwards like fire-brand. It potentially weakens the eyesight.

Declension

Declension of noun عَلْقَم (ʕalqam)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَلْقَم
ʕalqam 		الْعَلْقَم
al-ʕalqam 		عَلْقَم
ʕalqam
Nominative عَلْقَمٌ
ʕalqamun 		الْعَلْقَمُ
al-ʕalqamu 		عَلْقَمُ
ʕalqamu
Accusative عَلْقَمًا
ʕalqaman 		الْعَلْقَمَ
al-ʕalqama 		عَلْقَمَ
ʕalqama
Genitive عَلْقَمٍ
ʕalqamin 		الْعَلْقَمِ
al-ʕalqami 		عَلْقَمِ
ʕalqami
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَلْقَمَة
ʕalqama 		الْعَلْقَمَة
al-ʕalqama 		عَلْقَمَة
ʕalqamat
Nominative عَلْقَمَةٌ
ʕalqamatun 		الْعَلْقَمَةُ
al-ʕalqamatu 		عَلْقَمَةُ
ʕalqamatu
Accusative عَلْقَمَةً
ʕalqamatan 		الْعَلْقَمَةَ
al-ʕalqamata 		عَلْقَمَةَ
ʕalqamata
Genitive عَلْقَمَةٍ
ʕalqamatin 		الْعَلْقَمَةِ
al-ʕalqamati 		عَلْقَمَةِ
ʕalqamati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَلْقَمَتَيْن
ʕalqamatayn 		الْعَلْقَمَتَيْن
al-ʕalqamatayn 		عَلْقَمَتَيْ
ʕalqamatay
Nominative عَلْقَمَتَانِ
ʕalqamatāni 		الْعَلْقَمَتَانِ
al-ʕalqamatāni 		عَلْقَمَتَا
ʕalqamatā
Accusative عَلْقَمَتَيْنِ
ʕalqamatayni 		الْعَلْقَمَتَيْنِ
al-ʕalqamatayni 		عَلْقَمَتَيْ
ʕalqamatay
Genitive عَلْقَمَتَيْنِ
ʕalqamatayni 		الْعَلْقَمَتَيْنِ
al-ʕalqamatayni 		عَلْقَمَتَيْ
ʕalqamatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَلْقَمَات
ʕalqamāt 		الْعَلْقَمَات
al-ʕalqamāt 		عَلْقَمَات
ʕalqamāt
Nominative عَلْقَمَاتٌ
ʕalqamātun 		الْعَلْقَمَاتُ
al-ʕalqamātu 		عَلْقَمَاتُ
ʕalqamātu
Accusative عَلْقَمَاتٍ
ʕalqamātin 		الْعَلْقَمَاتِ
al-ʕalqamāti 		عَلْقَمَاتِ
ʕalqamāti
Genitive عَلْقَمَاتٍ
ʕalqamātin 		الْعَلْقَمَاتِ
al-ʕalqamāti 		عَلْقَمَاتِ
ʕalqamāti

References

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