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عقش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily relates to the concept of gathering, collecting, or binding together. It also extends to specific botanical terms, referring to plants, their fruits, and parts of vines.

Derived headwords

العَقْشnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringboth

    The act of gathering or collecting things together.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant that grows in the Thamam and Murkh grasses, twisting like a ligament around the stem of the Thamam, and has a reddish-wine-colored fruit.

  3. 3.
    vine shootsclassical

    The tips or extremities of grapevine branches.

  4. 4.
    Salvadora persica fruitclassical

    The fruit of the Salvadora persica tree, also known by several other names.

Parallel reading

العقش: الجمع.
Al-'aqsh: gathering.
والعقش «2»: نبت ينبت في الثمام والمرخ يتلوى كالعصبة على فرع الثمام، وله ثمرة خمرية إلى الحمرة.
And al-'aqsh: a plant that grows in the Thamam and Murkh grasses, twisting like a ligament around the stem of the Thamam, and it has a wine-colored fruit tending towards redness.
والعقش: أطراف قضبان الكرم.
And al-'aqsh: the tips of grapevine branches.
والعقش: ثمر الأراك، وهو الحثر والجهاض والجهاد والعلة «3» والكباث.
And al-'aqsh: the fruit of the Arak tree, which is also called al-ḥathar, al-jahāḍ, al-jihād, al-'illah, and al-kabāth.