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سعبق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific, noxious plant found in high mountains. It is characterized by its unpleasant smell, lack of leaves, and a sticky, clear sap that exudes when a branch is broken. The plant is also noted for its luminescence and that bees avoid it.

Derived headwords

السّنعبقnoun
  1. 1.
    noxious mountain plantclassical

    A noxious plant with a foul smell that grows in the high mountain regions. It grows like vines without leaves, and nothing eats it. It has a luminescence, and bees never visit it. When a branch is broken from it, a clear, viscous liquid flows out, possessing sticky qualities.

سُعَابِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    sticky sapclassical

    The clear, viscous, and sticky liquid that flows from the plant السنعبق when a branch is broken.

سعسلقnoun
  1. 1.
    mother of jinnclassical

    The mother of the jinn (female demons or spirits).

مُسْتَسْعِلَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    like jinnclassical

    Resembling or acting like jinn (female demons or spirits).

سَعَالِيnoun
  1. 1.
    female jinnclassical

    Female jinn (demons or spirits).

Parallel reading

السنعبق: نبت خبيث الريح ينبت في أعراض الجبال العالية حبالا بلا ورق ولا يأكله شيء، وله نور ولا يجرسه النحل ألبتة، وإذا قصف منه عود سال منه ماء صاف لزج له سعابيب؛
Al-Sinbaq: a noxious plant with a foul smell that grows in the high mountain regions like vines without leaves, and nothing eats it. It has a luminescence, and bees never visit it. When a branch is broken from it, a clear, viscous liquid flows out, possessing sticky qualities;
قال ابن سيده: وإنما حكمت بأنه رباعي لأنه ليس في الكلام فعللل.
Ibn Sidah said: I judged it to be quadriliteral because there is no word in the language of the pattern 'fa'lalal'.
السعسلق أم السعالي؛
Al-Sa'salq is the mother of the Sa'ali (female jinn);
مستسعلات كسعالي سعسلق
Resembling Sa'ali (female jinn) like Sa'salq (mother of Sa'ali).