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نلك

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of tree, identified as the hawthorn tree. It is also known by other names, including the 'bear tree', though this latter designation is noted as less common.

Derived headwords

النَّلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    bear treeclassical

    A type of tree, also referred to as the 'bear tree'.

النَّلْكnoun
  1. 1.
    hawthorn treeboth

    The hawthorn tree, characterized by its yellow fruit resembling a small plum.

نَلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hawthorn tree (singular)both

    The singular form of the hawthorn tree.

نَلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bear tree (singular)classical

    The singular form of the tree known as the 'bear tree'.

Parallel reading

النلك والنلك: شجر الدب، واحدتها نلكة ونلكة، وهي شجرة حملها زعرور أصفر.
The nalk and the nalk: the bear tree, its singular is nalkah and nalkah, and it is a tree whose fruit is a yellow hawthorn.
وقال أبو حنيفة: النلك، بضم النون، شجرة الزعرور، واحدته نلكة ونلكة، قال: ويقال لها شجرة الدب، قال: ولم أجد ذلك معروفا.
And Abu Hanifa said: The nalk, with the damma on the noon, is the hawthorn tree, its singular is nalkah and nalkah. He said: And it is called the bear tree. He said: And I did not find that to be known.