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صءصل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a type of grass, though its exact meaning and usage are obscure and debated among early lexicographers and botanists.

Derived headwords

الصأصلnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of grassclassical

    A specific kind of grass, mentioned by some narrators.

الصوصلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of grassclassical

    Identical to الصأصل, according to some narrators, referring to a type of grass.

Parallel reading

الصأصل والصوصلاء، زعم بعض الرواة أنهما شيء واحد
Al-ṣaʾsil and al-ṣūṣalāʾ, some narrators claimed they are one thing.
وهو من العشب
And it is from the grass.
قال أبو حنيفة: ولم أر من يعرفه
Abū Ḥanīfah said: And I have not seen anyone who knows it.