غرقد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a type of thorny tree, specifically a large kind of acacia or similar shrub. It is also used to refer to the plant itself and is famously associated with a specific location in Medina.

Derived headwords

الغَرْقَدnoun

1.
Large thorny treeboth
A large thorny tree, belonging to the category of 'aḍāh (thorny trees).
2.
Acacia treeboth
Specifically refers to large specimens of the 'awsajah (acacia) tree.
3.
Plant of the desertclassical
A type of plant found in the desert plains.

غَرْقَدَةnoun

1.
A single thorny treeboth
The singular form of 'gharqad', referring to one instance of the large thorny tree.
2.
Large acaciaclassical
When the 'awsajah (acacia) tree grows large, it is called a 'gharqadah'.

الغَرْقَدname

1.
Baqi' al-Gharqadboth
The name of a cemetery in Medina, known as Baqi' al-Gharqad, because it was historically covered with gharqad trees.

Parallel reading

شجر عظام وهو من العضاه

Large trees, and it is from the thorny trees.

واحدته غرقدة

Its singular is gharqadah.

وبها سمي الرجل

And by it (the name) a man was named.

إذا عظمت العوسجة فهي الغرقدة

If the acacia tree becomes large, it is the gharqadah.

الغرقد من نبات القف

The gharqad is from the plants of the desert plain.

الغرقد: كبار العوسج

The gharqad: large acacias.

وبه سمي بقيع الغرقد لأنه كان فيه غرقد

And by it Baqi' al-Gharqad was named because it contained gharqad trees.

ألفن ضالا ناعما وغرقدا

We found a stray, soft one, and a gharqad.

إلا الغرقد فإنه من شجر اليهود

Except the gharqad, for it is from the trees of the Jews.

إلا الغرقدة

Except the gharqadah.

هو ضرب من شجر العضاه وشجر الشوك

It is a type of thorny tree and a type of thorny shrub.

والغرقدة واحدته

And the gharqadah is its singular.

وبقيع الغرقد مقابر بالمدينة

And Baqi' al-Gharqad are cemeteries in Medina.

وربما قيل له الغرقد

And sometimes it was called al-Gharqad.

لمن الديار غشيتها بالغرقد

Whose are the ruins I visited, covered with gharqad?