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الضرافة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of abundance or plentifulness. It also describes a specific type of tree, likely a fig tree, found in mountainous regions, and its fruit.

Derived headwords

الضَّرَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceboth

    A state of being plentiful or abundant.

ضَرْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fig treeclassical

    A type of tree, possibly a fig tree, found in mountains. It is large, with leaves resembling the Athab tree, and produces small, flat, round, bitter white figs.

  2. 2.
    figclassical

    The fruit of the 'ضرفة' tree, described as small, round, flattened, white, and bitter.

ضُرُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    fig treesclassical

    Plural of 'ضرفة', referring to the trees themselves.

Parallel reading

الضرافة، كثمامة: ع قرب لعلع.
Al-Dharāfah, like Thamāmah: a spring near Laʻlaʻ.
وهو في ضرفة خير: كثرته.
And 'in a state of abundance' means its plentifulness.
وككتف: شجر التين، الواحدة: ضرفة، أو من شجر الجبال، يشبه الأثأب في عظمه وورقه، وله تين أبيض مدور مفلطح، كتين الحماط الصغار، مر يضرس، يأكله الناس والطير والقرود.
And like 'kutuf': the fig tree, the singular is 'ḍarfah', or from the trees of the mountains, resembling the Athab in its size and leaves, and it has white, round, flattened figs, like the small figs of al-Ḥamāṭ, bitter and astringent, eaten by people, birds, and monkeys.