نخشوش

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن خ ش (n-ḵ-š), meaning "to urge an animal", "to lash or spur", "to hurt or weaken a side", "to strip barks of wood"; in the sense that the gills appear as side lacerations; the plant sense is derived from likening the appearance of its branched leaves to fish gills.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nax.ʃuːʃ/

Noun

نَخْشُوش • (naḵšūš) m (plural نَخَاشِيش (naḵāšīš))

  1. Ceratophyllum
  2. gill, branchia

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نخشوش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1255
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