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الهبد

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the bitter gourd plant (colocynth) and its seeds. It also extends to actions related to this plant, such as breaking, cooking, harvesting, and feeding it to someone. The root also includes names derived from these concepts.

Derived headwords

الهبدnoun
  1. 1.
    Colocynthboth

    The colocynth plant, or its seeds.

الهبيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Colocynth seedsboth

    The seeds of the colocynth plant.

هبدverb
  1. 1.
    To breakclassical

    To break the colocynth or its seeds.

  2. 2.
    To cookclassical

    To cook the colocynth.

  3. 3.
    To harvestclassical

    To harvest the colocynth.

يهبدverb
  1. 1.
    He breaks/cooks/harvestsclassical

    He breaks, cooks, or harvests the colocynth.

تهبدهverb
  1. 1.
    To break/cook/harvest itclassical

    To break, cook, or harvest the colocynth.

اهتبدهverb
  1. 1.
    To break/cook/harvest itclassical

    To break, cook, or harvest the colocynth.

هبدverb
  1. 1.
    To feed (colocynth)classical

    To feed someone the colocynth.

الهوابدnoun
  1. 1.
    Harvesters (of colocynth)classical

    Women who harvest the colocynth.

هبودnoun
  1. 1.
    Hbud (name)classical

    A man's name.

الهبابيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Al-Hababid (name)classical

    A name, possibly referring to Hbud.

Parallel reading

الهبد والهبيد: الحنظل، أو حبه.
Al-Habd and Al-Habid: the colocynth, or its seeds.
وهبد يهبد: كسره، وطبخه، وجناه، كتهبده واهتبده، و فلانا: أطعمه إياه.
And 'habada' means to break it, cook it, and harvest it, like 'tahabbadahu' and 'ihtabbadahu', and to feed it to someone.
والهوابد: اللائي يجتنينه.
And Al-Hawābid: the women who harvest it.
وهبود، كتنور: رجل، وفرس لعمرو بن الجعيد، وماء لا موضع، ووهم الجوهري، وقد يقال له: الهبابيد أيضا.
And Hbud, like 'tunur': a man, and a mare belonging to Amr ibn al-Ju'ayd, and a water source, which Al-Jawhari mistakenly identified as a place. It may also be called Al-Habābīd.