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البلختة

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to refer to a specific plant with spreading growth and a medicinal use for expelling leeches. The entry is very brief and focuses on a single noun.

Derived headwords

البَلَخْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant that spreads horizontally along the ground rather than growing tall.

  2. 2.
    medicinal useclassical

    When gargled with, it is used to expel leeches.

Parallel reading

البَلَخْتَة، بكسر الباء واللام، وسكون الخاء: نبات ينبسط ولا يعلو، وإذا تغرغر به أسقط العلق.
Al-Balakhtah, with a kasra on the ba' and lam, and a sukun on the kha: a plant that spreads and does not grow tall, and if one gargles with it, it expels leeches.
نبات ينبسط ولا يعلو
a plant that spreads and does not grow tall
وإذا تغرغر به أسقط العلق
and if one gargles with it, it expels leeches