حلقن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes the stage of ripening in dates, specifically when the fruit begins to soften and become palatable, particularly from the stem end. It distinguishes different degrees of ripeness and the parts of the date where the softening begins.

Derived headwords

الحَلْقَانَةnoun

1.
partially ripe dateclassical
Refers to a date fruit that has reached two-thirds ripeness, specifically when the softening begins from the stem end.

الحَلْقَانnoun

1.
partially ripe datesclassical
Refers to dates that have reached two-thirds ripeness, specifically when the softening begins from the stem end. It is used for the plural.

حَلْقَنَverb

1.
to become partially ripeclassical
The date fruit has reached two-thirds ripeness, with softening beginning from the stem end.

مُحَلْقَنadjective

1.
partially ripeclassical
Describing a date fruit that has reached two-thirds ripeness, with softening beginning from the stem end.

مُحَلْقِمadjective

1.
partially ripeclassical
Describing a date fruit that has begun to ripen, specifically from the stem end.

الحَلْقَامَةnoun

1.
partially ripe dateclassical
Refers to a date fruit that has begun to ripen from the stem end.

Parallel reading

الحلقانة والحلقان من البسر: ما بلغ الإرطاب ثلثيه

Al-halqanah and al-halqan of the unripe dates are those whose ripeness has reached two-thirds.

وقيل: الحلقانة للواحد، والحلقان للجمع

And it was said: Al-halqanah is for the singular, and al-halqan is for the plural.

وقد حلقن البسر، وهو محلقن إذا بلغ الإرطاب ثلثيه

And the unripe dates have become halqan, and it is muhalaqan if the ripeness has reached two-thirds.

ورطب محلقم ومحلقن، وهي الحلقانة والحلقامة

And a date is muhalaqm and muhalaqn, and it is al-halqanah and al-halqamah.

وهي التي بدا فيها النضج من قبل قمعها

And it is that in which the ripening has begun from its stem.

فإذا أرطبت من قبل الذنب فهي التذنوبة

And if it ripens from the tip, then it is al-tadhnubah.

يقال للبسر إذا بدا فيه الإرطاب من قبل ذنبه مذنب

It is said of the unripe date if ripening begins from its tip: mudhnib.

فإذا بلغ فيه الإرطاب نصفه فهو مجزع

And if the ripeness reaches half of it, then it is mujza'.

فإذا بلغ ثلثيه فهو حلقان ومحلقن

And if it reaches two-thirds of it, then it is halqan and muhalaqn.