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شقم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a specific type of date palm and its fruit. It is a botanical term used in classical Arabic literature to describe a particular variety of palm tree.

Derived headwords

الشَّقْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of date palmclassical

    A specific kind or variety of date palm tree.

  2. 2.
    Type of date fruitclassical

    The fruit produced by the Shiqm date palm.

شَقْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single date palm (of the Shiqm type)classical

    The singular unit of the Shiqm type of date palm tree.

  2. 2.
    A single date (of the Shiqm type)classical

    The singular fruit of the Shiqm date palm.

البُرْشُومnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of palm treeclassical

    A specific kind of palm tree, identified by Ibn Khilawayh as the Shiqmah.

Parallel reading

الشقم: ضرب من النخل، واحدته شقمة.
Al-Shiqm: A type of date palm, its singular is shiqmah.
قال أبو حنيفة الشقم جنس من التمر، واحدته شقمة؛
Abu Hanifa said: Al-Shiqm is a genus of dates, its singular is shiqmah;
قال ابن بري: قال ابن خالويه الشقمة من النخل البرشوم.
Ibn Bariy said: Ibn Khilawayh said: The shiqmah is from the palm tree al-Barshum.