فرفحين

Arabic

فَرْفَحِين

Alternative forms

فَرْفَخِين‎ (farfaḵīn), فَرْفَح‎ (farfaḥ), فَرْفَخ‎ (farfaḵ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פרפחינה / פרפחינא‎ /‎ ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ‎ (/parpəḥīnā/, “purslane”), from Akkadian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI /parpaḫu, papparḫu/), from Sumerian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /far.fa.ħiːn/

Noun

فَرْفَحِين • (farfaḥīn) m

purslane (Portulaca gen. et spp.); especially the common purslane or pursley (Portulaca oleracea)
Synonyms: رِجْل‎ (rijl), بَقْلَة حَمْقَاء‎ (baqla(t) ḥamqāʾ)
(nonstandard) Bacopa monnieri

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْفَحِين farfaḥīn	الْفَرْفَحِين‎ al-farfaḥīn	فَرْفَحِين farfaḥīn
Nominative	فَرْفَحِينٌ farfaḥīnun	الْفَرْفَحِينُ‎ al-farfaḥīnu	فَرْفَحِينُ farfaḥīnu
Accusative	فَرْفَحِينًا‎ farfaḥīnan	الْفَرْفَحِينَ‎ al-farfaḥīna	فَرْفَحِينَ farfaḥīna
Genitive	فَرْفَحِينٍ farfaḥīnin	الْفَرْفَحِينِ‎ al-farfaḥīni	فَرْفَحِينِ farfaḥīni

References

“papparḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 109–110
“prpḥyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “فَرْفَحِين and فَرْفَحِي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 143
Freytag, Georg (1835), “فَرْفَحِينٌ / فَرْفَخٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
Lane, Edward William (1863), “فَرْفَخٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2383
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 70–75
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 320–322

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