أيدع

Arabic

Etymology

Anciently borrowed from Modern South Arabian,[1] the three quality grades of dragon's blood being called in Soqotri for high quality ʔəmṣɔ́loh, medium quality ʔəʔī́daʕ, low quality fṣɔṣ, the tree ʔaʕarhī́yəb.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaj.daʕ/

Noun

أَيْدَع • (ʔaydaʕ) m

  1. dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari, and other Dracaena species, and Calamus draco)
    Synonyms: دَم الْأَخَوَيْن (dam al-ʔaḵawayn), دَم التِنِّين (dam at-tinnīn), دَم الثُعْبَان (dam aṯ-ṯuʕbān), عَنْدَم (ʕandam)
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Declension
Declension of noun أَيْدَع (ʔaydaʕ)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَيْدَع
ʔaydaʕ		 الْأَيْدَع
al-ʔaydaʕ		 أَيْدَع
ʔaydaʕ
Nominative أَيْدَعُ
ʔaydaʕu		 الْأَيْدَعُ
al-ʔaydaʕu		 أَيْدَعُ
ʔaydaʕu
Accusative أَيْدَعَ
ʔaydaʕa		 الْأَيْدَعَ
al-ʔaydaʕa		 أَيْدَعَ
ʔaydaʕa
Genitive أَيْدَعَ
ʔaydaʕa		 الْأَيْدَعِ
al-ʔaydaʕi		 أَيْدَعِ
ʔaydaʕi

References
  1. أبو الخير الإشبيلي [Abū al-Ḵayr al-ʾIšbīliyy] (1179) Joaquín Bustamante, Federico Corriente y Mohand Tilmatine, editor, كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب [Libro base del médico para el conocimiento de la botánica por todo experto] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas), volume III, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 2010, page 298b
  2. Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude (1994) “Aloe and Dragon's Blood, some Medicinal and Traditional Uses on the Island of Socotra”, in New Arabian Studies, volume 2, University of Exeter Press, page 189 of 186–198
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