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البنفسج

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the violet flower and its medicinal properties. It highlights its benefits for fevers, sleep, pleurisy, pneumonia, coughs, and headaches.

Derived headwords

البَنَفْسَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Violet flowerboth

    The common violet flower, known for its fragrance and medicinal uses.

شَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to smellboth

    To inhale the scent of something, particularly a flower.

يَنْفَعُverb
  1. 1.
    to benefitboth

    To be useful or advantageous to someone or something.

المَحْرُورِينَnoun
  1. 1.
    Feverish peopleclassical

    Individuals suffering from fever or experiencing heat in their bodies.

إِدَامَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    continuationboth

    The act of continuing or persisting in an action or state.

يُنَوِّمُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to sleepboth

    To induce sleep in someone.

نَوْمًا صَالِحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    good sleepboth

    A restful and beneficial sleep.

مَرْبَاهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its cultivationclassical

    The place where something is grown or cultivated, or the act of cultivating it.

ذَاتَ الجَنْبِnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisyclassical

    An inflammation of the pleura, the membranes surrounding the lungs, causing sharp chest pain.

ذَاتَ الرِّئَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    pneumoniaclassical

    An infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.

نَافِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    beneficialboth

    Having a helpful or good effect.

السُّعَالِnoun
  1. 1.
    coughboth

    A sudden and forceful expulsion of air from the lungs.

الصُّدَاعِnoun
  1. 1.
    headacheboth

    A continuous pain in the head.

Parallel reading

م، شمه رطبا ينفع المحرورين
Its scent, when smelled fresh, benefits those with fever.
وإدامة شمه ينوم نوما صالحا
And continuing to smell it induces good sleep.
ومرباه ينفع من ذات الجنب وذات الرئة
And its cultivation benefits [those suffering from] pleurisy and pneumonia.
نافع للسعال والصداع
Beneficial for cough and headache.