إنبيق

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix), allegedly via Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔin.biːq/

Noun

إِنْبِيق • (ʔinbīq) m (plural أَنَابِيق (ʔanābīq))

  1. retort, still, alembic

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: alembīcum, alembīcus, alambīcum, alambīcus
    • Middle Dutch: alembijc, alembijt, halembic
      • Dutch: alambiek
    • Old French: alambic
    • Sicilian: alammicu

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 77
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 12 line 22
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