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بيق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to a specific type of legume or pulse, possibly a vetch or chickling pea, and its characteristics.

Derived headwords

البِيقِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of legumeclassical

    A large seed, bigger than the chickling pea (jalbān), which is green. It is eaten baked or cooked, and cows are fed with it. It is common in the Levant. Abu Hanifa mentioned it, but the jurists did not include it among the pulses (qaṭṭānī).

Parallel reading

حب أكبر من الجلبان أخضر يؤكل مخبوزا ومطبوخا وتعلفه البقر وهو بالشام كثير؛
A seed larger than the chickling pea, green, eaten baked and cooked, and cows are fed with it; it is abundant in the Levant.
حكاه أبو حنيفة ولم يذكره الفقهاء في القطاني.
Abu Hanifa narrated it, and the jurists did not mention it among the pulses.