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))

Declension

Declension of noun نَخْشُوش (naḵšūš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَخْشُوش naḵšūš	النَّخْشُوش an-naḵšūš	نَخْشُوش naḵšūš
Nominative	نَخْشُوشٌ naḵšūšun	النَّخْشُوشُ an-naḵšūšu	نَخْشُوشُ naḵšūšu
Accusative	نَخْشُوشًا naḵšūšan	النَّخْشُوشَ an-naḵšūša	نَخْشُوشَ naḵšūša
Genitive	نَخْشُوشٍ naḵšūšin	النَّخْشُوشِ an-naḵšūši	نَخْشُوشِ naḵšūši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَخْشُوشَيْن naḵšūšayn	النَّخْشُوشَيْن an-naḵšūšayn	نَخْشُوشَيْ naḵšūšay
Nominative	نَخْشُوشَانِ naḵšūšāni	النَّخْشُوشَانِ an-naḵšūšāni	نَخْشُوشَا naḵšūšā
Accusative	نَخْشُوشَيْنِ naḵšūšayni	النَّخْشُوشَيْنِ an-naḵšūšayni	نَخْشُوشَيْ naḵšūšay
Genitive	نَخْشُوشَيْنِ naḵšūšayni	النَّخْشُوشَيْنِ an-naḵšūšayni	نَخْشُوشَيْ naḵšūšay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَخَاشِيش naḵāšīš	النَّخَاشِيش an-naḵāšīš	نَخَاشِيش naḵāšīš
Nominative	نَخَاشِيشُ naḵāšīšu	النَّخَاشِيشُ an-naḵāšīšu	نَخَاشِيشُ naḵāšīšu
Accusative	نَخَاشِيشَ naḵāšīša	النَّخَاشِيشَ an-naḵāšīša	نَخَاشِيشَ naḵāšīša
Genitive	نَخَاشِيشَ naḵāšīša	النَّخَاشِيشِ an-naḵāšīši	نَخَاشِيشِ naḵāšīši

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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