لحلاح

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Arabic

لحلاحColchicum autumnale
لحلاحColchicum stevenii
 لحلاح on Arabic Wikipedia

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

Noun

لَحْلَاح (laḥlāḥm

  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

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