الكرفس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a specific plant, celery, detailing its medicinal properties and uses. It also extends to describe a type of cotton and metaphorical meanings related to restriction and confinement.

Derived headwords

الكَرَفْسnoun

1.
celeryboth
A plant known for its numerous benefits, acting as a diuretic, and resolving wind and bloating. It purifies the kidneys, liver, and bladder, opening their blockages.
2.
celery's medicinal propertiesclassical
It strengthens sexual potency, especially its seeds when pounded with sugar and butter. It is wondrous when consumed for three days, but harmful to fetuses, pregnant women, and those prone to seizures.

الكَرْفَسnoun

1.
cottonclassical
Refers to cotton.

الكَرْفَسَةnoun

1.
gait of the hobbledclassical
The manner of walking of someone who is hobbled or restricted.
2.
hobbling a camelclassical
The act of hobbling a camel, restricting its movement by tightening a rope around its legs.

تكَرْفَسَverb

1.
to huddleclassical
A man draws himself together, with parts of him entering into other parts.

Parallel reading

الكَرَفْس، بفتح الكاف والراء: بقل م، عظيم المنافع، مدر، محلل للرياح والنفخ، منق للكلى والكبد والمثانة، مفتح سددها، مقو للباءة، لاسيما بزره مدقوقا بالسكر والسمن، عجيب إذا شرب ثلاثة أيام، ويضر بالأجنة والحبالى والمصروعين.

Celery, with fathas on the Kaf and Ra: a plant with many benefits, it is a diuretic, resolving wind and bloating, purifying the kidneys, liver, and bladder, opening their blockages, strengthening sexual potency, especially its seeds pounded with sugar and butter. It is wondrous if drunk for three days, but harmful to fetuses, pregnant women, and those prone to seizures.

والكرفس، بالضم: القطن.

And al-karfas, with damma: is cotton.

والكرفسة: مشية المقيد، وأن تقيد البعير فتضيق عليه.

And al-karfasah: is the gait of the hobbled, and to hobble a camel, thus restricting it.

وتكرفس الرجل: انضم، ودخل بعضه في بعض.

And takarrafasa the man: he drew himself together, and parts of him entered into other parts.