سكوم

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • أَسَكُّوم (ʔasakkūm), أَسْكُوم (ʔaskūm), ثَسَكُّومْت (ṯasakkūmt), تَسَكُّونْت (tasakkūnt), سَكُّون (sakkūn), سُوكُوم (sūkūm) — dialect forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Berber, compare Kabyle isekkim (“asparagus”), Tarifit tasukkant (“asparagus”), Tashelhit uskum (“asparagus”).

Noun

سَكُّوم • (sakkūm) m

  1. asparagus (Asparagus spp.)
    Synonym: هِلْيُون (hilyūn)

Declension

References

  • “سكوم” in Almaany
  • Caubet, Dominique (2018) “Arabic and Berber in Contact: Arabic in a minority situation in Al Hoceima region”, in Stefano Manfredi, Mauro Tosco, editors, Arabic in Contact (Studies in Arabic Linguistics; 6), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 80–82
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 195–198
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