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بلسك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a tenacious plant that clings to clothing, making it difficult to remove. It also extends metaphorically to describe something that adheres or sticks closely.

Derived headwords

البَلَسْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    tenacious plantboth

    A type of plant that, when it adheres to clothing, is difficult to remove.

البَلَسْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    adherence, clingingclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe something that sticks or adheres closely, like the plant.

Parallel reading

نبت إذا لصق بالثوب عسر زواله عنه.
A plant that, when it sticks to clothing, is difficult to remove from it.
يسمى هذا النبت الذي يلزق بالثياب فلا يكاد يتخلص بتهامة البلسكاء
This plant that sticks to clothes and is barely separable is called 'al-Balsakā'' in Tihāmah.
وأنت البلسكاء بنا لصوقا
And you are clinging to us like al-Balsakā'.
ذكره على معنى النبات.
He mentioned it with the meaning of the plant.