324 Contributions to English Lexicography. 
Art. XV.—Contributions to English Lexicography; by Prof. 
Gress. 
No. I. Account of some Arabic Words found in English. 
ee 
Abuna, (Arab. G gah, Ethiop. A{F4: our father ; comp. Heb. 12738 ;) 
the title of Christian priests in Syria; also of the primate of Abyssinia, 
Al, (Arab. om tie comp. Heb. “4, for 53;) a prefix to many words 
derived from the Arabic, wick, Wouctee has amalgamated with the 
noun itself, and lost its original significancy ; as, alcaid, alchimy, alko- 
ran, etc. 
$2 = cs 7% 
Alcaid, (Arab. WI a governor, with pref. aii the, from OL t0 kad, 
govern ;) a name of office among the Moors, Spaniards and Portu- 
guese. This word is not to be confounded with cadi, which has an 
entirely different origin. 
Alchimy, (Arab. ses kimia, as if the hidden art, with pref. Ji 
the, from eee ;) the more sible and difficult, parts of 
chimistry. Comp. chimistry. It is remarkable that Richardson ad- 
heres to the = ee from Gr. zé0, 
Alcohol, (Arab. —— a anti for the eyes made of the black 
oxyd of antimony, with pref. “sf the, from jaS to blacken or 
paint the eyes ; comp. Heb. >> idem ;) pure spirits. However diffi- 
cult it may be to show the connection between a pigment of antimony 
and pure spirits ; yet the fact of the connection is evident from Span. 
alcohol, which unites these two significations. 
§ a2 cs aed 
Alcove, (Arab. &-4-9 kubba, an arch, with pref. Sf the, from +9 
conj. ii. 40 construct with an arch; comp. Heb. map a chamber, 
mitory, so called because arched, from 23) to make ved or hollow ;) 
a recess in a chamber to sit or lie in; hence a recess in a library. 
caewenten. (Arab. &) 33K iter. the follower, scil. of the Pleiades, from 
po to follnes comp. Heb. 23 idem ;) a star of the first magnitude 
im the southern eye of the constellation Taurus. 
