دلاع

Arabic

Etymology

Considered sometimes a Berber borrowing,[1] which would coincide with the spread of the watermelon in the Early Middle Ages from West Africa, however first attested in Imperial Aramaic as a plural 𐡃𐡋𐡏𐡍 (dlʿn, “gourds”) in the first quarter of the 5th century BCE,[2] and it occurs in Hebrew from the Mishnaic period as דְּלַעַת (dəlaʿáṯ, “gourd”). The Arabic root د ل ع (d-l-ʕ) related to “sticking out, hanging out” is connected to the word[3] in view of the watermelon’s way of growth. That it is first attested in Aramaic and appears only more than half a millennium later in Hebrew, sometimes with an Aramaizing plural ending, and the measure which the Arabic exposes varies in the first vowel and is in both cases for this semantic field more common in Aramaic than Arabic, points to the word having passed into Arabic from Aramaic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dal.laːʕ/, /dul.laːʕ/

Noun

دَلَّاع or دُلَّاع • (dallāʕ or dullāʕ) m (collective, singulative دَلَّاعَة f (dallāʕa) or دُلَّاعَة (dullāʕa))

  1. watermelon
    Synonyms: بِطِّيخ أَحْمَر (biṭṭīḵ ʔaḥmar), بِطِّيخ هِنْدِيّ (biṭṭīḵ hindiyy), حَبْحَب (ḥabḥab), جَبَس (jabas)

Declension
Declension of noun دَلَّاع (dallāʕ)‎; دُلَّاع (dullāʕ)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاع‎; دُلَّاع
dallāʕ‎; dullāʕ		 الدَّلَّاع‎; الدُّلَّاع
ad-dallāʕ‎; ad-dullāʕ		 دَلَّاع‎; دُلَّاع
dallāʕ‎; dullāʕ
Nominative دَلَّاعٌ‎; دُلَّاعٌ
dallāʕun‎; dullāʕun		 الدَّلَّاعُ‎; الدُّلَّاعُ
ad-dallāʕu‎; ad-dullāʕu		 دَلَّاعُ‎; دُلَّاعُ
dallāʕu‎; dullāʕu
Accusative دَلَّاعًا‎; دُلَّاعًا
dallāʕan‎; dullāʕan		 الدَّلَّاعَ‎; الدُّلَّاعَ
ad-dallāʕa‎; ad-dullāʕa		 دَلَّاعَ‎; دُلَّاعَ
dallāʕa‎; dullāʕa
Genitive دَلَّاعٍ‎; دُلَّاعٍ
dallāʕin‎; dullāʕin		 الدَّلَّاعِ‎; الدُّلَّاعِ
ad-dallāʕi‎; ad-dullāʕi		 دَلَّاعِ‎; دُلَّاعِ
dallāʕi‎; dullāʕi
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَة‎; دُلَّاعَة
dallāʕa‎; dullāʕa		 الدَّلَّاعَة‎; الدُّلَّاعَة
ad-dallāʕa‎; ad-dullāʕa		 دَلَّاعَة‎; دُلَّاعَة
dallāʕat‎; dullāʕat
Nominative دَلَّاعَةٌ‎; دُلَّاعَةٌ
dallāʕatun‎; dullāʕatun		 الدَّلَّاعَةُ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةُ
ad-dallāʕatu‎; ad-dullāʕatu		 دَلَّاعَةُ‎; دُلَّاعَةُ
dallāʕatu‎; dullāʕatu
Accusative دَلَّاعَةً‎; دُلَّاعَةً
dallāʕatan‎; dullāʕatan		 الدَّلَّاعَةَ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةَ
ad-dallāʕata‎; ad-dullāʕata		 دَلَّاعَةَ‎; دُلَّاعَةَ
dallāʕata‎; dullāʕata
Genitive دَلَّاعَةٍ‎; دُلَّاعَةٍ
dallāʕatin‎; dullāʕatin		 الدَّلَّاعَةِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَةِ
ad-dallāʕati‎; ad-dullāʕati		 دَلَّاعَةِ‎; دُلَّاعَةِ
dallāʕati‎; dullāʕati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَتَيْن‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْن
dallāʕatayn‎; dullāʕatayn		 الدَّلَّاعَتَيْن‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْن
ad-dallāʕatayn‎; ad-dullāʕatayn		 دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Nominative دَلَّاعَتَانِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَانِ
dallāʕatāni‎; dullāʕatāni		 الدَّلَّاعَتَانِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَانِ
ad-dallāʕatāni‎; ad-dullāʕatāni		 دَلَّاعَتَا‎; دُلَّاعَتَا
dallāʕatā‎; dullāʕatā
Accusative دَلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْنِ
dallāʕatayni‎; dullāʕatayni		 الدَّلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْنِ
ad-dallāʕatayni‎; ad-dullāʕatayni		 دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Genitive دَلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْنِ
dallāʕatayni‎; dullāʕatayni		 الدَّلَّاعَتَيْنِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَتَيْنِ
ad-dallāʕatayni‎; ad-dullāʕatayni		 دَلَّاعَتَيْ‎; دُلَّاعَتَيْ
dallāʕatay‎; dullāʕatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَلَّاعَات‎; دُلَّاعَات
dallāʕāt‎; dullāʕāt		 الدَّلَّاعَات‎; الدُّلَّاعَات
ad-dallāʕāt‎; ad-dullāʕāt		 دَلَّاعَات‎; دُلَّاعَات
dallāʕāt‎; dullāʕāt
Nominative دَلَّاعَاتٌ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٌ
dallāʕātun‎; dullāʕātun		 الدَّلَّاعَاتُ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتُ
ad-dallāʕātu‎; ad-dullāʕātu		 دَلَّاعَاتُ‎; دُلَّاعَاتُ
dallāʕātu‎; dullāʕātu
Accusative دَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٍ
dallāʕātin‎; dullāʕātin		 الدَّلَّاعَاتِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتِ
ad-dallāʕāti‎; ad-dullāʕāti		 دَلَّاعَاتِ‎; دُلَّاعَاتِ
dallāʕāti‎; dullāʕāti
Genitive دَلَّاعَاتٍ‎; دُلَّاعَاتٍ
dallāʕātin‎; dullāʕātin		 الدَّلَّاعَاتِ‎; الدُّلَّاعَاتِ
ad-dallāʕāti‎; ad-dullāʕāti		 دَلَّاعَاتِ‎; دُلَّاعَاتِ
dallāʕāti‎; dullāʕāti

Descendants
  • Algerian Arabic: دلاع (dallāʕ)
  • Maltese: dulliegħ
  • Moroccan Arabic: دلاح (dallāḥ)
  • → Medieval Latin: adulaha

References
  1. Paris, Harry S. (2015) “Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus”, in Annals of Botany‎, number 116, →DOI, page 145; a treatise which has been summarized by Strauss, Mark (2015 August 21) “The 5,000-Year Secret History of the Watermelon”, in National Geographic‎.
  2. On which “dlˁt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–.
  3. Already Hiller, Matthæus (1725) Hierophyticon sive Commentarius in loca Scripturae Sacrae quae plantarum faciunt mentionem (in Latin), volume 2, Treves: Jacob Broedelet, page 234.
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