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فرسك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of fruit, specifically a variety of peach or plum. It describes its appearance, taste, and origin, with some discussion of its cultivation and regional names.

Derived headwords

الفَرَسَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Peachboth

    A fruit, specifically a type of peach, described as being similar to a peach in size. It is smooth, hairless, and can be red or yellow.

  2. 2.
    Plumclassical

    Another interpretation of the fruit, suggesting it might be a type of plum.

الفَرَسَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Peachclassical

    An alternative name for the fruit described under 'الفرسك', also referring to a type of peach.

Parallel reading

الفرسك: الخوخ، يمانية
Al-Farsak: The peach, a Yemeni (term).
وقيل: هو مثل الخوخ في القدر، وهو أجرد أملس أحمر وأصفر.
And it is said: it is like the peach in size, and it is smooth, hairless, red and yellow.
سمعت حميرية فصيحة سألتها عن بلادها فقالت: النخل قل ولكن عيشتنا امقمح امفرسك امعنب امحماط طوب أي طيب
I heard a fluent woman from Himyar ask her about her land, and she said: Dates are few, but our life is grain, farsak, grapes, and mallows, good, meaning pleasant.
ما الفرسك؟ فقالت: هو امتين عندكم؛
What is the farsak? She said: It is the 'matin' (a type of fruit) among you.
كمزلعب الفرسك المهالب
Like the playing of the farsak of the Mahaleb.
الفرسك ضرب من الخوخ ليس يتفلق عن نواه.
Al-Farsak is a kind of peach that does not split from its pit.
إن قبلنا حيطانا فيها من الفرسك ؛
Indeed, before us are walls that have farsak (fruit) in them;
هو الخوخ، وقيل: هو مثل الخوخ من شجر العضاه، وهو أجرد أملس أحمر وأصفر وطعمه كطعم الخوخ،
It is the peach, and it is said: it is like the peach from the thorny trees, and it is smooth, hairless, red and yellow, and its taste is like the taste of the peach.
ويقال له الفرسق أيضا.
And it is also called al-Farsaq.