سبانخ

Arabic

سَبَانَخ

Alternative forms

• إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), إِسْفَنَاخ (ʔisfanāḵ), إِسْفَنَاج (ʔisfanāj), إِسْفَانَاج (ʔisfānāj), سَبَانَغ (sabānaḡ), سَبَانَج (sabānaj)

Etymology

From Middle Persian, see Persian اِسفَناج (esfanâj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.baː.nix/, /sa.baː.nax/

Noun

سَبَانِخ or سَبَانَخ • (sabāniḵ or sabānaḵ) m

1. spinach

Declension

Declension of noun سَبَانَخ (sabānaḵ)‎; سَبَانِخ (sabāniḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote‎; basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَبَانَخ‎; سَبَانِخ sabānaḵ‎; sabāniḵ	السَّبَانَخ‎; السَّبَانِخ as-sabānaḵ‎; as-sabāniḵ	سَبَانَخ‎; سَبَانِخ sabānaḵ‎; sabāniḵ
Nominative	سَبَانَخٌ‎; سَبَانِخُ‎; سَبَانِخٌ sabānaḵun‎; sabāniḵu‎; sabāniḵun	السَّبَانَخُ‎; السَّبَانِخُ as-sabānaḵu‎; as-sabāniḵu	سَبَانَخُ‎; سَبَانِخُ sabānaḵu‎; sabāniḵu
Accusative	سَبَانَخًا‎; سَبَانِخَ‎; سَبَانِخًا sabānaḵan‎; sabāniḵa‎; sabāniḵan	السَّبَانَخَ‎; السَّبَانِخَ as-sabānaḵa‎; as-sabāniḵa	سَبَانَخَ‎; سَبَانِخَ sabānaḵa‎; sabāniḵa
Genitive	سَبَانَخٍ‎; سَبَانِخَ‎; سَبَانِخٍ sabānaḵin‎; sabāniḵa‎; sabāniḵin	السَّبَانَخِ‎; السَّبَانِخِ as-sabānaḵi‎; as-sabāniḵi	سَبَانَخِ‎; سَبَانِخِ sabānaḵi‎; sabāniḵi

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: إِسْفِنَاج (isfināj), إِسْبِنَاج (isbināj), إِسْبِنَاخ (isbināḵ)
  • → Aragonese: espinai
  • → Catalan: espinac
  • → Occitan: espinac, espinarc (influenced by french)
  • → Portuguese: espinafre
  • → Spanish: espinaca
    • → Medieval Latin: spinacium, spinachium, spinarchia (influenced by spina (“thorn”))
      • → Byzantine Greek: σπινάκιον (spinákion), σπανάκιν (spanákin), σπινάκι (spináki)
        • Greek: σπανάκι (spanáki), σπανάκιον (spanákion)
          • → Bulgarian: спанак (spanak)
          • → Romanian: spanac
          • → Serbo-Croatian: спанаћ / spanać
      • → Italian: spinacio, spinace (uncommon)
        • → Middle High German: spināt (final -t perhaps influenced by Salat)
          • German: Spinat
            • → Kashubian: szpinat
            • → Russian: шпинат (špinat)
              • → Bashkir: шпинат (şpinat)
            • → Serbo-Croatian: шпинат / špìnāt
            • → Ukrainian: шпина́т (špynát)
      • → Old French: espinoche, espinache, espinarde, espinaces
        • French: épinard, (obsolete) epinart
        • → English: spinach, (obsolete) spinage
        • → Irish: spionáiste
      • → Sicilian: spinacia

References

• Asbaghi, Asya (2008) “Persian Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 581
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبانخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سبانخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 623
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “سبانخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 35