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الكندش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of bird, the magpie, and potentially a medicinal substance.

Derived headwords

الكِنْدَشnoun
  1. 1.
    Magpieboth

    A type of bird, specifically a magpie.

الكِنْدَشnoun
  1. 1.
    Medicinal substanceclassical

    A substance used as medicine, possibly related to sneezing.

Parallel reading

الكندش، بالضم: العقعق
Al-kindash, with dammah, is the magpie.
وأما الدواء المعطس، فبالسين لا غير
As for the medicine for sneezing, it is with 'seen' (س) and nothing else.
أو الشين لغية مرذولة
Or with 'sheen' (ش) is a rejected dialectal variant.