Kataf (1)

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Kataf arabice attriplex et sarmech idem.


Apparatus:

B has Kataf not in headword position, but it is part of a paragraph beginning with the unrelated entry Katacrismõ.

attriplex AC | atriplex ef | atripl’x B

et sarmech idem om. f


Translation:

Kataf is Arabic for Latin attriplex {"orache"}, and Arabic sarmech means the same.


Commentary:

Siggel (1950: 60): ﻗﻄﻑ /qaṭaf/ Atriplex hortensis (Chenopodiac.), Gartenmelde; p. 41: ﺳﺮﻣﺞ /sarmağ/, ﺳﺮﻣﻕ /sarmaq/ Atriplex hortensis (Chenopodiac.), Gartenmelde {i.e. "orache, arache"}.


See also: Atriplex, Sarmech, Sermacum


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