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القلقاس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the taro plant, its culinary uses, and its perceived medicinal properties. It is described as a food that can enhance sexual potency and cause weight gain, with a warning about its potential to generate melancholy if consumed excessively.

Derived headwords

القَلْقاسnoun
  1. 1.
    Taro plantboth

    The root vegetable known as taro, a staple food in many cultures.

يُؤْكَلُverb
  1. 1.
    is eatenboth

    Refers to the act of consuming something as food.

يَزِيدُverb
  1. 1.
    increasesboth

    To become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

يُوَلِّدُverb
  1. 1.
    generatesboth

    To cause something to exist or happen; to produce.

Parallel reading

القَلْقاس: أَصْلُ نَباتٍ، يُؤْكَلُ مَطْبُوخاً، يَزِيدُ فِي الباهِ، وَيُسَمِّنُ، وَإِدْمانُهُ يُوَلِّدُ السَّوْداءَ.
Taro: a plant root, eaten cooked, it increases sexual potency, and causes weight gain, and its habitual consumption generates melancholy.
يُؤْكَلُ مَطْبُوخاً
it is eaten cooked
يَزِيدُ فِي الباهِ
it increases sexual potency
وَيُسَمِّنُ
and causes weight gain
وَإِدْمانُهُ يُوَلِّدُ السَّوْداءَ
and its habitual consumption generates melancholy