سحلب

See also: سجلت

Arabic

Etymology

Allegedly a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) for the root tubers’ looking like testicles.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saħ.lab/

Noun

سَحْلَب • (saḥlab) m

  1. Orchis gen.
  2. the starch of the bulbs of Orchis gen., salep
  3. a drink made from milk thickened with salep, sweetened, and usually flavored with rosewater or orange blossom water

Declension

Declension of noun سَحْلَب (saḥlab)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَحْلَب
saḥlab 		السَّحْلَب
as-saḥlab 		سَحْلَب
saḥlab
nominative سَحْلَبٌ
saḥlabun 		السَّحْلَبُ
as-saḥlabu 		سَحْلَبُ
saḥlabu
accusative سَحْلَبًا
saḥlaban 		السَّحْلَبَ
as-saḥlaba 		سَحْلَبَ
saḥlaba
genitive سَحْلَبٍ
saḥlabin 		السَّحْلَبِ
as-saḥlabi 		سَحْلَبِ
saḥlabi

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 600
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سحلب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557
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