جرث

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of fish, known as 'al-jarīth'. The entry discusses its identification, permissibility of consumption, and its resemblance to snakes.

Derived headwords

الجريثnoun

1.
a type of fishboth
A specific, well-known type of fish, often described as resembling a snake.

الجريnoun

1.
a type of fishboth
Another name for 'al-jarīth', referring to the same type of fish.

الصلورnoun

1.
a type of fishclassical
A name for 'al-jarīth', mentioned in contrast to 'al-anqalīs'.

الأنقليسnoun

1.
a type of fishclassical
A type of fish, distinguished from 'al-ṣalūr' (al-jarīth) and identified as 'al-mārmāhī'.

المارماهيnoun

1.
a type of fishclassical
A Persian name for a type of fish, identified in this context as 'al-anqalīs' and resembling a snake.

Parallel reading

الجريث، بالتشديد: ضرب من السمك معروف

Al-jarīth, with shadda: a type of fish, known.

ويقال له: الجري

And it is called: al-jarī.

روي أن ابن عباس سئل عن الجري فقال: لا بأس، إنما هو شيء حرمه اليهود

It is narrated that Ibn Abbas was asked about al-jarī, and he said: 'There is no harm, it is only something that the Jews prohibited.'

وروي عن عمار: لا تأكلوا الصلور والأنقليس

And it is narrated from Ammar: 'Do not eat al-ṣalūr and al-anqalīs.'

قال أحمد بن الحريش: قال النضر الصلور الجريث، والأنقليس المارماهي

Ahmad bin Al-Ḥuraysh said: An-Naḍr said, 'Al-ṣalūr is al-jarīth, and al-anqalīs is al-mārmāhī.'

وروي عن علي، عليه السلام: أنه أباح أكل الجريث ؛ وفي رواية: أنه كان ينهى عنه

And it is narrated from Ali, peace be upon him: that he permitted eating al-jarīth; and in another narration: that he used to forbid it.

وهو نوع من السمك يشبه الحيات، ويقال له بالفارسية: المارماهي

And it is a type of fish that resembles snakes, and it is called in Persian: al-mārmāhī.