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عيد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of returning, recurring, or a festival. It encompasses terms for celebrations, recurring events, and specific types of palm trees that have a distinct appearance.

Derived headwords

العيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Festival, holidayboth

    A recurring celebration or day of festivity, often associated with religious observances.

  2. 2.
    Recurring eventclassical

    Something that returns or happens repeatedly.

عيدانةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mature palm treeclassical

    A palm tree that has reached its full maturity, characterized by the shedding of all its spathes (kurb) and a bare trunk from top to bottom.

كربnoun
  1. 1.
    Sheath of a palm frondclassical

    The protective covering that surrounds the base of a palm frond or the developing fruit bunch.

Parallel reading

هذه ترجمة انفرد بها ابن سيده وحده وقال: العيدانة أطول ما يكون من النخل ولا تكون عيدانة حتى يسقط كربها كله، ويصير جذعها أجرد من أعلاه إلى أسفله، عن أبي حنيفة، وقال أبو عبيد: هي كالرقلة.
This is a translation unique to Ibn Sidah, who said: The 'aidanah is the longest of palm trees, and it is not called 'aidanah until all its spathes have fallen, and its trunk becomes bare from top to bottom, according to Abu Hanifa. Abu Ubaid said: it is like the raqlah.
العيدانة أطول ما يكون من النخل
The 'aidanah is the longest of palm trees.
ولا تكون عيدانة حتى يسقط كربها كله
And it is not called 'aidanah until all its spathes have fallen.
ويصير جذعها أجرد من أعلاه إلى أسفله
And its trunk becomes bare from top to bottom.
عن أبي حنيفة
According to Abu Hanifa.
وقال أبو عبيد: هي كالرقلة.
Abu Ubaid said: it is like the raqlah.