الهندب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of bitter green vegetable, known for its medicinal properties. It also includes a proper noun derived from the name of the plant.

Derived headwords

الهِنْدَبُnoun

1.
chicoryboth
A type of bitter green vegetable, commonly known as chicory.

الهِنْدَبَاnoun

1.
chicoryboth
A type of bitter green vegetable, commonly known as chicory. This is a variant spelling and pronunciation.

هِنْدَبَاةnoun

1.
a single chicory plantboth
The singular form referring to one plant of the chicory species.

هِنْدَابَةname

1.
mother of Abi Hindabaclassical
The mother of the poet Abi Hindaba Al-Kindi.

Parallel reading

الهندب والهندبا، بكسر الهاء وفتح الدال، وقد تكسر مقصورة، وتمد: بقلة م، معتدلة نافعة للمعدة والكبد والطحال أكلا، وللسعة العقرب ضمادا بأصولها، وطابخها أكثر خطأ من غاسلها، الواحدة: هندباة.

Al-hindab and al-hindaba, with a kasra on the ha and a fatha on the dal, and sometimes it is shortened with a kasra, and lengthened: a green plant, moderate, beneficial for the stomach, liver, and spleen when eaten, and for scorpion stings as a poultice with its roots; its cooked form is more erroneous than its washed form, the singular is hindaba.

وهندابة، بالكسر: أم أبي هندابة الكندي الشاعر.

And Hindaba, with a kasra: is the mother of Abi Hindaba Al-Kindi the poet.