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خسفج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to plants, specifically cotton, and potentially other vegetation with brittle or flexible properties. It also extends to terms for specific types of people or objects, and even a place name.

Derived headwords

الخيسفوجnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton plantclassical

    Refers to the cotton plant, specifically its seeds or boll.

  2. 2.
    a plantclassical

    A type of plant that is brittle and flexible, easily breaking or bending.

الخيسفوجnoun
  1. 1.
    tenclassical

    Refers to the number ten.

الخيسفوجةnoun
  1. 1.
    inhabitantsclassical

    Refers to the inhabitants or residents of a place.

  2. 2.
    ship's crewclassical

    Refers to the crew or men belonging to a ship.

  3. 3.
    placeclassical

    A specific location or place.

Parallel reading

حب القطن
cotton seeds
قال العجاج: صعل، كعود الخيسفوج مئوبا من آب إذا رجع.
Al-'Ajjaj said: 'A lean, like the stick of the cotton plant, withered from Ab when it returned.'
العشر
ten
نبت يتقصف ويتثنى
a plant that breaks and bends
السكان
the inhabitants
رجل السفينة
the men of the ship
موضع
a place