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رمخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific types of plants and trees, particularly those found in certain regions. It also extends to terms for specific stages of date fruit development and descriptive terms for animals associated with these plants.

Derived headwords

شَمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, known as 'al-Sada' and 'al-Sadaa'' in Medina, 'al-Sayyab' in Wadi al-Qura, and 'al-Ramkh' among the Tayyi' tribe. It is also called 'al-Khilal' by the people of Basra.

سَدَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, also known as 'al-Sadaa'' in Medina.

سَدَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, also known as 'al-Sada' in Medina.

سَيَّابnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, known by this name in Wadi al-Qura.

رَمْخnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, known by this name among the Tayyi' tribe.

  2. 2.
    Clustered treesclassical

    Trees that grow close together.

  3. 3.
    Unripe datesclassical

    Unripe dates, specifically dates that fall from the palm while still green and then ripen.

رَمْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single plant/vineclassical

    A single unit of the plant or vine referred to as 'al-Ramkh'.

  2. 2.
    A single unripe dateclassical

    A single unripe date that has fallen green and ripened.

خِلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of plant/vineclassical

    A type of plant or vine, known by this name among the people of Basra.

أَرْمَخَverb
  1. 1.
    To fall and ripen (dates)classical

    Said of date palms when their unripe dates fall while still green and then ripen.

رَمْخَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Fond of eating 'al-Ramkh'classical

    A female sheep that is particularly fond of eating 'al-Ramkh' (a type of plant or unripe dates).

رَمَاخname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

هو السدا والسداء، ممدود، بلغة أهل المدينة، وهو السياب بلغة وادي القرى، وهو الرمخ بلغة طيئ، واحدته رمخة، والخلال بلغة أهل البصرة
It is al-Sada and al-Sadaa', elongated, in the language of the people of Medina, and it is al-Sayyab in the language of Wadi al-Qura, and it is al-Ramkh in the language of Tayyi', its singular is Ramkha, and al-Khilal in the language of the people of Basra.
قال الطائي: تحت أفانين ودي مرمخ
Al-Ta'i said: Beneath the branches of a valley with clustered trees.
والرمخ: الشجر المجتمع.
And al-Ramkh: trees that are clustered together.
والرمخ والرمخ. البلح، واحدته رمخة، لغة طائية؛
And al-Ramkh and al-Ramkh. Unripe dates, its singular is Ramkha, a Tayyi' dialect;
ومنه أرمخ النخل وهو ما سقط من البسر أخضر فنضج.
And from it is 'armakha' the palm trees, which is what falls from the unripe dates while green and then ripens.
ابن الأعرابي: والرمخاء الشاة الكلفة بأكل الرمخ.
Ibn al-A'rabi said: And al-Ramkha' is the ewe that is eager to eat al-Ramkh.
ورماخ: موضع.
And Ramakh: a place.