عنقز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific plants, particularly marjoram, and also encompasses terms for certain animals, social classes, and abstract concepts like calamities.

Derived headwords

العنقزnoun

1.
marjoramboth
A type of herb, specifically marjoram, mentioned as growing in non-Arab lands.
2.
base of young reedclassical
The tender, young base of a reed plant.
3.
sons of dehqansclassical
Refers to the offspring of dehqans, who were a class of landed gentry in ancient Persia.
4.
poisonclassical
A venomous substance.
5.
calamityclassical
A severe misfortune or disaster.

العنقزانnoun

1.
marjoramboth
Similar to 'al-'unuqiz', referring to the herb marjoram.
2.
base of young reedclassical
The tender, young base of a reed plant.

جردان الحمارnoun

1.
donkey's gerbilsclassical
A term used to describe the gerbils or small rodents associated with a donkey.

Parallel reading

العنقز والعنقز؛ الأخيرة عن كراع: المرزنجوش

Al-'unuqiz and al-'unuqiz; the latter from Kara': marjoram.

والعنقزان مثله

And al-'unuqazān is similar to it.

ولا يكون في بلاد العرب وقد يكون بغيرها

And it does not grow in the lands of the Arabs, but it may grow elsewhere.

ومننه يكون هناك اللاذن

And from it, there is the ladanum.

ألا اسلم، سلمت أبا خالد ... وحياك ربك بالعنقز

May you be safe, O Abu Khalid... and may your Lord greet you with marjoram.

وروى مشاشك بالخندريس

And may your marrow be filled with al-khundarīs.

أكلت القطاط فأفنيتها

I ate the small birds and consumed them.

فهل في الخنانيص من مغمز؟

Is there any fault to be found in the small birds?

ودينك هذا كدين الحمار

And your religion is like the religion of a donkey.

بل أنت أكفر من هرمز

Rather, you are more infidel than Hurmuz.

وقيل: العنقز جردان الحمار

And it is said: al-'unuqiz are the gerbils of the donkey.

والعنقز: أصل القصب الغض، وهو بالراء أعلى

And al-'unuqiz: the base of the young reed, and it is higher with the letter 'r'.

وكذلك حكاه كراع بالراء أيضا

And Kara' narrated it similarly with the letter 'r' as well.

وفي حديث قس ذكر العنقزان؛ العنقز أصل القصب الغض.

And in the hadith of Qass, al-'unuqazān was mentioned; al-'unuqiz is the base of the young reed.

والعنقز أبناء الدهاقين

And al-'unuqiz are the sons of the dehqans.

وقيل: العنقز السم

And it is said: al-'unuqiz is poison.

والعنقز: الداهية من كتاب أبي عمرو

And al-'unuqiz: the calamity, from the book of Abu Amr.