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العرقصاء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific medicinal plant, its properties, and related botanical terms. It also extends to describe a type of dance and the movement of a snake.

Derived headwords

العرقصاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A medicinal plantboth

    A plant known as 'al-Handaqūqī' or 'Yarbaṭū', characterized by a stem similar to fennel and abundant, dense foliage. It is highly beneficial for various epidemics, tooth decay pain, ear ailments, spleen issues, chronic headaches, and colds.

العريقصاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A medicinal plant (variant)classical

    A variant name for the plant described under العرقصاء, referring to 'al-Handaqūqī' or 'Yarbaṭū'.

العريقصانةnoun
  1. 1.
    A medicinal plant (variant)classical

    Another variant name for the plant described under العرقصاء, referring to 'al-Handaqūqī' or 'Yarbaṭū'.

العرنقصانnoun
  1. 1.
    A medicinal plant (variant)classical

    A variant name for the plant described under العرقصاء, referring to 'al-Handaqūqī' or 'Yarbaṭū', distinguished by the presence of 'nūn' after the 'rā'.

العرقصانnoun
  1. 1.
    A medicinal plant (variant)classical

    A variant name for the plant described under العرقصاء, referring to 'al-Handaqūqī' or 'Yarbaṭū', with a specific vowelization of the 'ayn' and 'rā'.

العرقصةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dancingboth

    The act of dancing or performing a dance.

  2. 2.
    Snake's movementclassical

    The manner in which a snake moves or slithers.

Parallel reading

العرقصاء، بالضم والمد، والعريقصاء والعريقصانة والعرنقصان، بالنون بعد الراء، والعرقصان، بفتح العين والراء: الحندقوقى، أو يربطو
Al-`irqaṣā', with damma and madd, and al-`urayqiṣā' and al-`urayqiṣānah and al-`arnuqṣān, with nūn after rā, and al-`urquṣān, with fatḥa on `ayn and rā: is al-Handaqūqī, or Yarbaṭū.
وهو نبات ساقه كساق الرازيانج، وجمته وافرة متكاثفة، عظيم النفع في جميع أنواع الوباء، ولوجع السن المتأكل، والأذن، والطحال، والصداع المزمن، والنزلات وغيرها.
It is a plant whose stem is like the stem of fennel, and its foliage is abundant and dense, greatly beneficial in all types of epidemics, for the pain of decaying teeth, the ear, the spleen, chronic headaches, colds, and others.
والعرقصة: الرقص، ومشي الحية.
And al-`irqaṣah: is dancing, and the movement of a snake.