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هندب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of wild green vegetable, often translated as chicory or endive. It also includes a feminine proper noun derived from the same word.

Derived headwords

الهِنْدِبnoun
  1. 1.
    wild green vegetableboth

    A type of wild green vegetable belonging to the category of free-growing legumes. It can be elongated or shortened in form.

الهِنْدَبَاnoun
  1. 1.
    wild green vegetableboth

    Another term for the wild green vegetable, with the 'dal' being open and the word being short (masoor).

الهِنْدِبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    wild green vegetableboth

    A term for the wild green vegetable, with the 'dal' being open and the word being long (mamdood).

هِنْدِبَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    single plantclassical

    The singular form of هندباء, referring to one plant of this wild green vegetable.

هِنْدَابَةname
  1. 1.
    woman's nameclassical

    A proper noun used as the name of a woman.

Parallel reading

الهندب، والهندبا، والهندباء والهندباء: كل ذلك بقلة من أحرار البقول، يمد ويقصر.
Al-hindib, al-hindaba, and al-hindabaa' (both forms): all of these are a green vegetable from the free-growing legumes, which can be elongated or shortened.
وقال كراع: هي الهندبا، مفتوح الدال مقصور.
And Kraa' said: it is al-hindaba, with the 'dal' being open and the word being short (masoor).
والهندباء أيضا: مفتوح الدال ممدود؛
And al-hindabaa' also: with the 'dal' being open and the word being long (mamdood);
الأزهري: أكثر أهل البادية يقولون هندب، وكل صحيح.
Al-Azhari said: most of the desert dwellers say 'hindib', and all of it is correct.
ابن بزرج: هذه هندباء وباقلاء، فأنثوا ومدوا،
Ibn Buzraj said: 'This is hindabaa' and baaqilaa', so they feminized and elongated it,
وقال أبو حنيفة: واحد الهندباء هندباءة.
And Abu Hanifa said: the singular of al-hindabaa' is hindabaa'ah.
وهندابة: اسم امرأة.
And Hindabah: is the name of a woman.