سبانخ
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), إِسْفَنَاخ (ʔisfanāḵ), إِسْفَنَاج (ʔisfanāj), إِسْفَانَاج (ʔisfānāj), سَبَانَغ (sabānaḡ), سَبَانَج (sabānaj)
Etymology
From Middle Persian, see Persian اِسفَناج (esfanâj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.baː.nix/, /sa.baː.nax/
Noun
سَبَانِخ or سَبَانَخ • (sabāniḵ or sabānaḵ) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote; basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَبَانَخ; سَبَانِخ sabānaḵ; sabāniḵ |
السَّبَانَخ; السَّبَانِخ as-sabānaḵ; as-sabāniḵ |
سَبَانَخ; سَبَانِخ sabānaḵ; sabāniḵ |
| nominative | سَبَانَخٌ; سَبَانِخُ; سَبَانِخٌ sabānaḵun; sabāniḵu; sabāniḵun |
السَّبَانَخُ; السَّبَانِخُ as-sabānaḵu; as-sabāniḵu |
سَبَانَخُ; سَبَانِخُ sabānaḵu; sabāniḵu |
| accusative | سَبَانَخًا; سَبَانِخَ; سَبَانِخًا sabānaḵan; sabāniḵa; sabāniḵan |
السَّبَانَخَ; السَّبَانِخَ as-sabānaḵa; as-sabāniḵa |
سَبَانَخَ; سَبَانِخَ sabānaḵa; sabāniḵa |
| genitive | سَبَانَخٍ; سَبَانِخَ; سَبَانِخٍ sabānaḵin; sabāniḵa; sabāniḵin |
السَّبَانَخِ; السَّبَانِخِ as-sabānaḵi; as-sabāniḵi |
سَبَانَخِ; سَبَانِخِ sabānaḵi; sabāniḵi |
Descendants
- Andalusian Arabic: إِسْفِنَاج (isfināj), إِسْبِنَاج (isbināj), إِسْبِنَاخ (isbināḵ)
- → Aragonese: espinai
- → Catalan: espinac
- → Occitan: espinac, espinarc (influenced by french)
- → Portuguese: espinafre
- → Spanish: espinaca
- → Medieval Latin: spinacium, spinachium, spinarchia (influenced by spina (“thorn”))
References
- Asbaghi, Asya (2008) “Persian Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 581
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبانخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبانخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 623
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “سبانخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 35