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العضرس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes cold, watery, or icy phenomena, extending to include certain types of plants and wild animals. It encompasses concepts related to coldness, water, and specific flora and fauna associated with such environments.

Derived headwords

العَضْرَسnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild assclassical

    Refers to a wild ass, a large wild equid.

  2. 2.
    Coldclassical

    Denotes intense cold or a cold condition.

  3. 3.
    Cold waterclassical

    Specifically refers to cold, fresh water.

  4. 4.
    Snowclassical

    Indicates snow, a form of precipitation consisting of ice crystals.

  5. 5.
    Dew-covered leavesclassical

    Describes leaves that have become covered with dew.

  6. 6.
    Submerged plantsclassical

    Refers to plants or algae that adhere to stones and are submerged in water.

  7. 7.
    Ash-colored grassclassical

    Denotes grass that is greyish-green in color and can hold dew.

العَضَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild ass (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'wild ass'.

  2. 2.
    Cold (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'cold' or 'cold conditions'.

  3. 3.
    Cold water (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'cold, fresh water'.

  4. 4.
    Snow (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'snow'.

  5. 5.
    Dew-covered leaves (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'dew-covered leaves'.

  6. 6.
    Submerged plants (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'plants submerged in water'.

  7. 7.
    Ash-colored grass (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'ash-colored grass'.

العَضَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    Mallow treeclassical

    Refers to the mallow tree (Alcea).

Parallel reading

العضرس: حمار الوحش
Al-'adras: the wild ass.
والبرد
And cold.
والماء البارد العذب
And cold, fresh water.
والثلج
And snow.
والورق يصبح عليه الندى
And leaves upon which dew forms.
أو اللازقة بالحجارة الناقعة في الماء
Or that which adheres to stones submerged in water.
وعشب أشهب الخضرة، يحتمل الندى شديدا
And grass of a greyish-green hue, which holds dew intensely.
ويكسر، كالعضارس، بالضم، في الكل
And it is broken, like al-'adāris, with damma, in all of them.
وجمعه: بالفتح، كالجوالق والجوالق
And its plural: with fatha, like jawāliq and jawāliq.
أو كزبرج: شجر الخطمي
Or like zubruj: the mallow tree.