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زغنج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of wild olive fruit, its characteristics, and its preparation. It describes the fruit's appearance, taste, and how its juice can be processed into a syrup.

Derived headwords

الزَّغْنَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild olive fruitboth

    The fruit of the wild olive tree (Olea ferruginea), also known as mountain olive. It is small, similar to the nabq fruit, and goes through stages of green, white, and finally black, becoming sweet with a bitter aftertaste.

زَغْنَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain olive treeclassical

    Refers to the tree that bears the zaghaj fruit, identified as the wild olive or mountain olive.

Parallel reading

الزغنج «4»: ثمر العتم وهو زيتون الجبال، وهو مثل النبق الصغار، يكون أخضر ثم يبيض ثم يسود فيحلو في مرارة، وعجمته مثل عجمة النبق، يؤكل ويطبخ ويصفى ماؤه حتى يكون ربا كرب العنب.
The zaghaj: the fruit of the 'atm, which is the mountain olive. It is like small nabq, it is green, then it turns white, then it turns black, and it becomes sweet with bitterness. Its pit is like the pit of the nabq. It is eaten, cooked, and its juice is strained until it becomes a syrup like grape syrup.
وهو مثل النبق الصغار
It is like small nabq.
يكون أخضر ثم يبيض ثم يسود فيحلو في مرارة
It is green, then it turns white, then it turns black, and it becomes sweet with bitterness.
وعجمته مثل عجمة النبق
And its pit is like the pit of the nabq.
يؤكل ويطبخ
It is eaten and cooked.
ويصفى ماؤه حتى يكون ربا كرب العنب
And its juice is strained until it becomes a syrup like grape syrup.