قرث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a specific type of black, sweet date that ripens quickly and easily sheds its skin. It also mentions a type of fish as a secondary meaning, possibly a homophone or a variant spelling.

Derived headwords

القريثاءnoun

1.
type of dateboth
A variety of date, specifically black, which is sweet and ripens quickly, easily shedding its skin when moist. It is considered one of the finest dates in its early ripe stage (busr).

القريثاءnoun

1.
type of fishclassical
A type of fish, considered a variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-jarīth'.

الكريثاءnoun

1.
type of dateclassical
Another name for a type of date, similar to 'al-qarīthā', with the initial 'k' possibly being a substitution for 'q'.

قريثاءnoun

1.
type of date (elongated)classical
A variety of date, described as elongated (mamdūd), referring to the same type of sweet, black date.

قراثاءnoun

1.
type of date (elongated)classical
An elongated (mamdūd) form of 'qurathā', referring to the finest sweet dates in their early ripe stage.

قريثاnoun

1.
type of date (non-elongated)classical
A non-elongated (ghayr mamdūd) form referring to a type of date.

الجريثnoun

1.
type of fishclassical
A type of fish, with 'al-qarīth' being a variant pronunciation.

Parallel reading

القريثاء: ضرب من التمر، وهو أسود سريع النقض لقشره عن لحائه إذا أرطب، وهو أطيب تمر بسرا

Al-Qarīthā': A type of date, which is black, quick to shed its skin from its pulp when moist, and it is the finest date when in the busr stage.

وهو أطيب تمر بسرا

And it is the finest date when in the busr stage.

يضاف ويوصف به، ويثنى ويجمع

It is used in apposition, described by it, and it is dualized and pluralized.

وليس له نظير في الأجناس، إلا ما كان من أنواع التمر

And it has no parallel among species, except for what belongs to the types of dates.

ولا نظير لهذا البناء إلا الكريثاء، وهو ضرب من التمر أيضا

And there is no parallel to this structure (bina') except for Al-Karīthā', which is also a type of date.

وكأن كافها بدل

And it is as if its 'k' is a substitute.

هو القريثاء والكريثاء لهذا البسر

It is Al-Qarīthā' and Al-Karīthā' for this busr (unripe date).

تمر قريثاء وقراثاء، ممدودان

Dates: Qarīthā' and Qurāthā', both elongated.

القريثاء والقراثاء أطيب التمر بسرا، وتمره أسود

Al-Qarīthā' and Al-Qurāthā' are the finest dates in the busr stage, and their dates are black.

نخل قريثاء، وبسر قريثاء، ممدود بغير تنوين

Palm trees of Qarīthā', and busr of Qarīthā', elongated without tanwin.

تمر قريثا، غير ممدود

Dates of Qarīthā, non-elongated.

والقريث: لغة في الجريث، وهو ضرب من السمك

And Al-Qarīth: a dialectal variant for Al-Jarīth, which is a type of fish.