خمان
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Arabic
Etymology
Apparently from خَمَنَ (ḵamana, “to be obscure”) variant of خَمَلَ (ḵamala) from the root خ م ل (ḵ-m-l) referring to the qualities of the elder to absorb light.
Noun
خَمَان • (ḵamān) m
- elder, elderberry (Sambucus gen. et spp.)
Declension
Declension of noun خَمَان (ḵamān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خَمَان ḵamān |
الْخَمَان al-ḵamān |
خَمَان ḵamān |
| Nominative | خَمَانٌ ḵamānun |
الْخَمَانُ al-ḵamānu |
خَمَانُ ḵamānu |
| Accusative | خَمَانًا ḵamānan |
الْخَمَانَ al-ḵamāna |
خَمَانَ ḵamāna |
| Genitive | خَمَانٍ ḵamānin |
الْخَمَانِ al-ḵamāni |
خَمَانِ ḵamāni |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خمان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 527
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “خمان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 813
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خمان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 365–366