عرقون

Arabic
عَرْقُون (Euphrasia rostkoviana)

Etymology

From the root ع ر ق (ʕ-r-q) perhaps in the sense of “exuding” as the plant reminds of tearing eyes with its appearance and has been used for eye treatments, from this idea also English eyebright, eyewort, German Augentrost and the like. Though the ending suggests an Aramaic diminutive in -ōna, related then to the root ע־ר־ק / ܥ-ܪ-ܩ (ʿ-r-q) concerning “flight”, “avoidance”, “to put to flee”, perhaps because of its use to do away with ailments.

Noun

عَرْقُون • (ʕarqūn) m

  1. eyebright (Euphrasia gen. et spp.)

Declension
Declension of noun عَرْقُون (ʕarqūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَرْقُون
ʕarqūn		 الْعَرْقُون
al-ʕarqūn		 عَرْقُون
ʕarqūn
Nominative عَرْقُونٌ
ʕarqūnun		 الْعَرْقُونُ
al-ʕarqūnu		 عَرْقُونُ
ʕarqūnu
Accusative عَرْقُونًا
ʕarqūnan		 الْعَرْقُونَ
al-ʕarqūna		 عَرْقُونَ
ʕarqūna
Genitive عَرْقُونٍ
ʕarqūnin		 الْعَرْقُونِ
al-ʕarqūni		 عَرْقُونِ
ʕarqūni

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عرقون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 145
  • “ˁrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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