لقاح

Arabic

FWOTD – 29 January 2021

Etymology 1

Root
ل ق ح (l-q-ḥ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.qaːħ/, /li.qaːħ/

Noun

لَقَاح • (laqāḥ) m (plural لَقَاحَات (laqāḥāt))
لِقَاح • (liqāḥ) m (plural لِقَاحَات (liqāḥāt))

  1. pollen
  2. vaccine
    • 2021 January 27, “اَلْمَغْرِبُ يَتَوَصَّلُ بِ500 أَلْفِ جُرْعَةٍ مِنْ لِقَاحِ "سِينُوفَارْمْ" ٱلصِّينِيِّ ضِدَّ ٱلْجَائِحَةِ”, in Hespress:
      كَمَا أَكَّدَتِ ٱلْوِزَارَةُ، ضِمْنَ بَلَاغٍ، أَنَّ ٱللِّقَاحَ قَدْ ٱسْتَوْفَى جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّرُوطِ ٱلْمُرْتَبِطَةِ بِٱلْجَوْدَةِ وَٱلْفَاعِلِيَّةِ وَٱلسَّلَامَةِ، []
      kamā ʔakkadati l-wizāratu, ḍimna balāḡin, ʔanna l-liqāḥa qad stawfā jamīʕa š-šurūṭi l-murtabiṭati bi-l-jawdati wal-fāʕiliyyati was-salāmati, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. seed, semen, sperm
  4. virus, infective agent
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: لقاح (lgāḥ)
  • Gulf Arabic: لقاح (luqāḥ) (learned)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.qaːħ/

Noun

لِقَاح • (liqāḥ) f pl

  1. plural of لِقْحَة (liqḥa, milch camel)

Gulf Arabic

Root
ل ق ح
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لِقَاح (liqāḥ). Doublet of لقاح (luqāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɡaːħ/

Noun

لْقاح • (lgāḥ) m

  1. date palm pollen used as an edible substance for medicinal or practical purposes
  2. Short for ماي لقاح (māy lgāḥ, Pollen water (water with palm pollen added to it for perceived medical benefits or to control thirst)).
Alternative forms
  • لگاح

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لِقَاح (liqāḥ). Doublet of لقاح (lgāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʊˈqaːħ/

Noun

لُقاح • (luqāḥ) m

  1. vaccine
    لقاح الكوروناluqāḥ il-kōrōna/kurōnaCoronavirus vaccine
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