شوح

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּחָא / ܫܘܚܐ (/⁠šūḥā⁠/), also אֲשׁוּחִי (/⁠ʾăšūḥī⁠/), ࡀࡔࡅࡇࡀ (/⁠ʾašūḥā⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄑𒅇𒆪 (GIŠÙ.SUḪ5 /⁠ašūḫu⁠/), from Hurrian 𒀸𒌋𒄭 (AŠ.U.ḪI /⁠ašoḫe⁠/, fir; mealtime (due to cooking fumes)), having the same ending as the source of Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux, mint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃuːħ/

Noun

شُوح • (šūḥ) m (collective, singulative شُوحَة f (šūḥa))

  1. fir (Abies gen. et spp.)

Declension

References

  • “ašūḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, pages 478–479
  • šwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شوح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 463
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 39–40
  • Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18), Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 202–203
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شوح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 562
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شوح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 682
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