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صعقل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the word 'صعفوق' and 'صعقول' as names for a type of truffle. It questions the validity and origin of these terms, suggesting they might be non-Arabic.

Derived headwords

صَعْفُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    type of truffleclassical

    A name for a specific kind of truffle.

صَعْقُولnoun
  1. 1.
    type of truffleclassical

    A name for a specific kind of truffle, mentioned as a variant of صعفوق.

Parallel reading

قال ابن بري: رأيت بخط أبي سهل الهروي على حاشية كتاب: جاء على فعلول صعفوق وصعقول لضرب من الكمأة
Ibn al-Bari said: I saw in the handwriting of Abu Sahl al-Harawi on the margin of a book: 'It came in the pattern fa'fūl, ṣaʿfūq and ṣaʿqūl for a type of truffle.'
أما الصعقول لضرب من الكمأة فليس بمعروف
As for 'al-ṣaʿqūl' for a type of truffle, it is not known.
ولو كان معروفا لذكره أبو حنيفة في كتاب النبات
And if it were known, Abu Hanifa would have mentioned it in his Book of Plants.
وأظنه نبطيا أو أعجميا
And I think it is Nabataean or foreign.