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ينبت
Root entry · 3 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns plants, specifically their growth and the thorny trees that bear fruit. It also extends to the thorny trees themselves and their fruits, with a focus on their prickly nature and the seed pods.
Derived headwords
يَنْبُتnoun
- 1.thorny treeclassical
A thorny tree with branches and leaves, characterized by its prickly nature.
يَنْبُوتَةnoun
- 1.thorny treeclassical
A single thorny tree, described as having branches and leaves.
جَرْوnoun
- 1.seed podclassical
The seed pod of the Ka'abir plant, found at the tips of branches. It is named 'jarw' because it is round and rolling.
- 2.fruitclassical
The fruit of the thorny tree (yanbut), which is round and rolling.
Parallel reading
ومن العض الينبوت
And among the thorny trees is the yanbut.
والواحدة: ينبوتة
And the singular is: yanbutah.
وهي شجرة شاكة ذات غصنة وورق
And it is a thorny tree with branches and leaves.
وثمرها جرو
And its fruit is a jarw.
والجرو: وعاء بذر الكعابير التي في رؤوس العيدان
And the jarw: is the seed pod of the Ka'abir which is at the tips of the branches.
ولا يكون في غير الرؤوس إلا في محقرات الشجر
And it is not found on anything other than the tips, except in the small trees.
وإنما سمي جروا لأنه مدحرج
It is only called jarw because it is round and rolling.
وهو من الشرس والعض، وليس من العضاه
And it is from the thorny and biting (plants), and not from the thorny trees (in general).