Alkaid

== English == === Etymology === From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear). Doublet of alcaide and caid. === Proper noun === Alkaid (astronomy) A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough. ==== Synonyms ==== Eta Ursae Majoris Benetnash ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: Alkaidia ==== Translations ==== === See also === (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega == Italian == === Etymology === From Arabic القَائِدُ البَنَاتِ النَعْش (al-qāʔidu l-banāti n-naʕš, literally “the leader of the girls at the bier”). === Proper noun === Alkaid f Alkaid, the third brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major