سمحاق

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps representing the Proto-Semitic causative prefix ša- prepended to the root م ح ق (m-ḥ-q) related to erasure as it is the outer layer of a bone just below the skin and mechanically attrited for bones to be used, however it must be a Southern dialectal term in origin since that prefix is almost everywhere ʾa- or at least ha- in Arabic (while Modern South Arabian preserves this ša-, albeit with the sound /ʃ/).

Noun

سِمْحَاق • (simḥāq) m (plural سَمَاحِيق (samāḥīq))

  1. (anatomy) periosteum

Declension

Descendants

  • Medieval Latin: alzemach

References

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