Difference between revisions of "Abnus"

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Abnus is the Arabic word for the ebanus {"ebon"} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.
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''Abnus'' is the Arabic word for the ''ebanus'' {"ebon"} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.
  
  
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Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ "ebony".
 
Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ "ebony".
  
More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus "the ebon-tree, ebony", a word taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.
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More traditional Latin has ''(h)ebenus'' "the ebon-tree, ebony", a word taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.
  
The Arabic word abnūs is itself a loan from the Greek word ébenos, but abnūs did supply the basis for some early loans in e.g. Povençal avenutz, Catalan banús and older Spanish/Portuguese: abenuz.
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The Arabic word ''abnūs'' is itself a loan from the Greek word ''ébenos'', but ''abnūs'' did supply the basis for some early loans in e.g. Povençal ''avenutz'', Catalan ''banús'' and older Spanish/Portuguese ''abenuz''.
  
 
See also: [[Ebenus]]
 
See also: [[Ebenus]]

Revision as of 20:56, 12 February 2012

Abnus arabice ebanus arbor cuius lignum est interius nigrum extra vero subalbidum notum.


Translation:

Abnus is the Arabic word for the ebanus {"ebon"} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.


Commentary:

Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ "ebony".

More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus "the ebon-tree, ebony", a word taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.

The Arabic word abnūs is itself a loan from the Greek word ébenos, but abnūs did supply the basis for some early loans in e.g. Povençal avenutz, Catalan banús and older Spanish/Portuguese abenuz.

See also: Ebenus