غبيراء

Arabic
غُبَيْرَاء (Sorbus aucuparia)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar, “dust-coloured”), compare for the form صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ, “planetree maple”) and سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ, “seepweed”).

Root
غ ب ر (ḡ-b-r)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣu.baj.raːʔ/

Noun

غُبَيْرَاء • (ḡubayrāʔ) f

  1. mountain ash, rowan (Sorbus gen. et spp.)
  2. rupturewort (Herniaria hemistemon)
  3. heliotropes (Heliotropium spp.)
  4. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
  5. Polycarpaea spp. (syn. Robbairea spp. and Polycarpon spp.)
  6. (apocryphal) Lepidagathis spp.
  7. (apocryphal) sweetjuices (Glinus spp.)

Declension
Declension of noun غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔ)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غُبَيْرَاء
ḡubayrāʔ		 الْغُبَيْرَاء
al-ḡubayrāʔ		 غُبَيْرَاء
ḡubayrāʔ
Nominative غُبَيْرَاءُ
ḡubayrāʔu		 الْغُبَيْرَاءُ
al-ḡubayrāʔu		 غُبَيْرَاءُ
ḡubayrāʔu
Accusative غُبَيْرَاءَ
ḡubayrāʔa		 الْغُبَيْرَاءَ
al-ḡubayrāʔa		 غُبَيْرَاءَ
ḡubayrāʔa
Genitive غُبَيْرَاءَ
ḡubayrāʔa		 الْغُبَيْرَاءِ
al-ḡubayrāʔi		 غُبَيْرَاءِ
ḡubayrāʔi

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غبيراء”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 199-200
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبيراء”, 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 255
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 251–253
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