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فول

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of bean, specifically broad beans. It also encompasses the plant itself and its seeds, with regional variations in terminology.

Derived headwords

الفُولnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad beanboth

    A type of large, edible bean, similar to chickpeas in size.

  2. 2.
    Bean plantclassical

    The plant that produces broad beans.

فولةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single broad beanboth

    The singular form of 'fūl', referring to one individual broad bean.

Parallel reading

حب كالحمص
Beans like chickpeas.
وأهل الشام يسمون الفول الباقلا
And the people of the Levant call the fūl 'bāqilā'.
الواحدة فولة
The singular is fūlah.
وخص بعضهم به اليابس
And some have restricted it (the term fūl) to the dried (bean).
أنه سأل المفقود ما كان طعام الجن؟ قال: الفول
That he asked the missing person what the food of the jinn was? He said: The fūl.
هو الباقلا
It is the bāqilā.