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عثق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of tree and its properties, along with related concepts of abundance and cloud formation. It details the physical characteristics of the tree, its medicinal uses, and metaphorical applications in describing fertile land and dense clouds.

Derived headwords

العِثْقnoun
  1. 1.
    treeclassical

    A tree of medium height, with leaves resembling those of the caper plant but thicker and coarser. It grows in high, inaccessible places.

مُنْعَثِقadjective
  1. 1.
    intertwinedclassical

    Describing clouds that are mixed or intertwined with each other.

أَعْثَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became fertileclassical

    The land became abundant and fertile.

Parallel reading

العثق: شجر نحو القامة وورقه شبيه بورق الكبر إلا أنه كثيف غليظ، ينبت في الشواهق كما ينبت الكتم، لا يأكله شيء ويجفف ورقه ويدق ويوخف بالماء كما يوخف الخطمي فيطلى به في موضع كنين، فإذا جف أعيد فحلق الشعر حلق النورة.
Al-'ithq: A tree of medium height, its leaves resembling those of the caper plant but thicker and coarser. It grows in high places like the kithm plant, and nothing eats it. Its leaves are dried, pounded, and mixed with water like marsh mallow is mixed, then applied to a place of swelling, and when it dries, it is reapplied to shave the hair like depilatory.
أبو عمرو: سحاب منعثق إذا اختلط بعضه ببعض.
Abu Amr said: A cloud is mun'athiq when it is mixed with itself.
وفي لغات هذيل: أعثقت الأرض إذا أخصبت.
And in the dialects of Hudhayl: The land became a'thaqat if it became fertile.