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الضغابيس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to small gourds or cucumbers, and also encompasses thorny plants or shoots that are edible, sometimes likened to asparagus. It can also describe a barren or plant-rich land, and a weak or underdeveloped individual or animal.

Derived headwords

الضَّغَابِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    Small gourds/cucumbersclassical

    This refers to small varieties of gourds or cucumbers.

  2. 2.
    Edible shoots/thornsclassical

    It can also refer to the young shoots of the thamam plant or thorny branches that are edible, or a plant similar to asparagus.

ضَغْبُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Small gourd/cucumberclassical

    A singular form referring to a small gourd or cucumber.

  2. 2.
    Young of a specific plantclassical

    The young shoot of the tharmalah plant.

  3. 3.
    Weak personclassical

    A term for a weak or feeble man.

  4. 4.
    Underdeveloped animalclassical

    Describes a camel that is neither mature nor fat.

مُضْغِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant in plantsclassical

    Describes land that is plentiful with the aforementioned plants or shoots.

Parallel reading

الضَّغَابِيس: صِغَارُ القِثَّاءِ
Al-Daghābis: small gourds/cucumbers.
وأَغْصَانُ الثَّمَامِ والشَّوْكِ الَّتِي تُؤْكَلُ
And shoots of thamam and thorns that are eaten.
أَوْ نَبَاتٌ كَالهِلْيُونِ
Or a plant like asparagus.
وأَرْضٌ مُضْغِبَةٌ: كَثِيرَتُهُ
And a land is mudhghibah: abundant with it (plants).
والضَّغْبُوسُ: وَلَدُ الثَّرْمَلَةِ
And al-Daghbūs: the young of the tharmalah.
والرَّجُلُ الضَّعِيفُ
And the weak man.
والبَعِيرُ لَيْسَ بِمُسِنٍّ وَلاَ سَمِينٍ
And the camel is neither mature nor fat.