Sumach

See also: sumach

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sumach, from Old French sumac, probably through Old Spanish (modern Spanish zumaque) or alternatively Old Italian (modern Italian sommacco), from Arabic سُمّاق (summāq), from Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā, “red; sumac”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːmaχ/

Noun

Sumach m (strong, genitive Sumachs or Sumach, plural Sumache or Sumachs)

  1. sumac, any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Rhus

Declension

Declension of Sumach [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sumach die Sumache, Sumachs
genitive eines des Sumachs, Sumach der Sumache, Sumachs
dative einem dem Sumach den Sumachen, Sumachs
accusative einen den Sumach die Sumache, Sumachs

Further reading

Middle French

Proper noun

Sumach

  1. Shamakhi (a city in Azerbaijan)
    • 1608, L’histoire du monde, volume 1, Paris, page 164:
      LE Roy Seleucus fonda la cité de Sumach, principale ville de Seruan qui eſt par delà Silephica la grande, enuiron ſept cents cinquante milles, & à vingt milles pres des deſtroits de Derbant.
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