بوقيصا

Arabic

بُوقِيصَا دَقَليَّةUlmus glabra

Etymology

Unknown. Obviously of foreign origin, as its synonyms, maybe a deformation of an “elm” word reconstructible for Proto-Iranian and Proto-Balto-Slavic, Latvian vīksna, Central Kurdish inter alia ووزم (wuzm), بووز (bûz), which vocalism could have been reinterpreted as بُو (, father of) of often occurrence in Arabic organism names.

Noun

بُوقِيصَا • (būqīṣā) f

  1. elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: شَجَر البَقّ (šajar al-baqq), دَرْدَار (dardār), نَشَم (našam)

Declension

Derived terms

  • بُوقِيصِيّ (būqīṣiyy, ulmaceous)

Descendants

  • Israeli Hebrew: בּוּקִיצָה (būqīṣā)
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