Halek
From Simon Online
Halek liber de doctrina arabica sanguisuga.
Apparatus:
arabica om. f
sanguisuga ABC p | sanguisuca ef | om. j
Translation:
Halek means "leech" according to the liber de doctrina arabica.
Commentary:
Halek:
Simon's often quoted source, the Liber de doctrina arabica, has so far not been identified, but cf, what must be a similar glossary/dictionary – Vocabulista - (ed. Schiaparelli) [[1]]:
Voc. (1871: 145) [[2]]: ﻋﻼﻗﺔ /ʕalāqa/ YRUDO; (1871: 568) [[3]]: ﻋﻠﻘﺔ ﺍﺕ ﻭﻋﻠﻖ /ʕalaqa ~āt wa-ʕalaq/ SANGUISSUGA
Cf. Wehr (1976): ﻋﻠﻖ /ʕalaq/ "medicinal leech; leech; (coagulated) blood, blood clot"; Siggel (1950: 53): ﻋﻠﻖ /ʕalaq/ Hirudo, Blutegel {i.e. "leech"}.
WilfGunther 02/11/2013
See also: Bdela, Irudo, Sanguisuga