جوز القيء

Arabic
جَوْز الْقَيْء – Trichilia emetica
جَوْز الْقَيْء – Strychnos nux-vomica

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒawz al.qajʔ/

Noun

جَوْز القَيْء • (jawz al-qayʔ) m

  1. mafura (Trichilia emetica)
    Synonyms: رُقَع (ruqaʕ), جَوْز الرُقَع (jawz ar-ruqaʕ)
  2. vomit nut (Strychnos nux-vomica)

Usage notes

It first referred to the African plant Trichilia emetica and from the sixteenth to seventeenth European century it was replaced by the Southeast Asian Strychnos nux-vomica.

Declension
Declension of noun جَوْز الْقَيْء (jawz al-qayʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — جَوْز الْقَيْء
jawz al-qayʔ		 —
Nominative — جَوْزُ الْقَيْءِ
jawzu l-qayʔi		 —
Accusative — جَوْزَ الْقَيْءِ
jawza l-qayʔi		 —
Genitive — جَوْزِ الْقَيْءِ
jawzi l-qayʔi		 —

References
  • Amar, Zohar, Lev, Efraim (2016) Arabian Drugs in Medieval Mediterranean Medicine, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 138
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