شفلح
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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-.
شَفَلَّح • (šafallaḥ) m
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | شَفَلَّح šafallaḥ |
الشَّفَلَّح aš-šafallaḥ |
شَفَلَّح šafallaḥ |
Nominative | شَفَلَّحٌ šafallaḥun |
الشَّفَلَّحُ aš-šafallaḥu |
شَفَلَّحُ šafallaḥu |
Accusative | شَفَلَّحًا šafallaḥan |
الشَّفَلَّحَ aš-šafallaḥa |
شَفَلَّحَ šafallaḥa |
Genitive | شَفَلَّحٍ šafallaḥin |
الشَّفَلَّحِ aš-šafallaḥi |
شَفَلَّحِ šafallaḥi |
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