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العرجوف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of thorny desert shrub and its characteristics. It also extends to related concepts like dryness, roughness, and the act of being thorny or prickly.

Derived headwords

العَرْفَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Desert shrubboth

    A specific type of thorny desert plant, known for its prickly nature.

العَرْفَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny plantboth

    Refers to a plant that is thorny or prickly, often used interchangeably with العرفج.

  2. 2.
    Drynessclassical

    Can denote a state of dryness or barrenness, possibly related to the arid environment where the plant grows.

العَرْفَجِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Thornyboth

    Describing something as being thorny or prickly, like the العرفج plant.

Parallel reading

العَرْفَجُ: نَبْتٌ شَائِكٌ.
Al-'Arfaj: A thorny plant.
وَالعَرْفَجَةُ: نَبْتٌ أَيْضًا.
And Al-'Arfajah: also a plant.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ مَا تَخَلَّلَ أُصُولَ الشَّجَرِ مِنَ الْحَصَى.
And it was said: It is the gravel that is interspersed among the roots of trees.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ الْيَبَسُ.
And it was said: It is dryness.
وَالْعَرْفَجِيُّ: الْمُتَشَبِّهُ بِالْعَرْفَجِ.
And Al-'Arfajiyy: one resembling the 'Arfaj.