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الفرزع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the cotton plant and its seeds, as well as specific terms for patches of grass and a historical reference to a figure named Luqman.

Derived headwords

الفَرْزَعnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton seedsboth

    Refers to the seeds of the cotton plant.

  2. 2.
    patch of grassclassical

    A piece or patch of grass or herbage.

  3. 3.
    Luqman's ancestorclassical

    One of the eight ancestors of Luqman.

تَفَرْزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to become patchyclassical

    The grass became patchy or grew in separate patches.

فَرَازِعnoun
  1. 1.
    patches of grassclassical

    Plural of 'farza', referring to patches of grass.

Parallel reading

الفَرْزَعُ: حب القطن
Al-farza': the seeds of cotton.
وبهاء: القطعة من الكلأ
And bahā': a piece of grass.
وبلا لام: أحد أنسار لقمان الثمانية
And without the definite article: one of Luqman's eight ancestors.
وتفرزع الكلأ: صار فرازع
And the grass became patchy: it became فرازع (patches).