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اللصف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the plant 'plantain' (specifically, its leaves and roots), its medicinal properties, and related concepts like luster or shine. It also encompasses geographical terms and descriptions of skin conditions.

Derived headwords

اللَّصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Plantain (herb)both

    A type of herb, specifically plantain, whose leaves resemble those of the ribwort plantain but are smaller and finer. It has a blue flower with white markings and a branched root.

  2. 2.
    Skin conditionclassical

    Dryness and adherence of the skin.

  3. 3.
    Type of dateclassical

    A variety of dates.

  4. 4.
    Place nameclassical

    A location situated between al-Mughīthah and al-ʿUqbah.

أَصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Plantain (herb)classical

    Another name for the plantain herb, similar to اللصف.

أُذُن الأَرْنَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Hare's earboth

    A common name for the plantain herb, referring to the shape of its leaves.

لَاصِفnoun
  1. 1.
    Kohlclassical

    A type of kohl or antimony used as eye makeup.

رَصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Pavingboth

    The act or result of paving, or a paved surface.

لَصِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Shineclassical

    Luster or brilliance.

تَلَصَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    To shineclassical

    To gleam or be lustrous.

جَبَل لِتَمِيمname
  1. 1.
    Mountain of Tamimclassical

    A mountain associated with the tribe of Tamim.

Parallel reading

اللصف، محركة: الأصف، أو أذن الأرنب، ورقه كورق لسان الحمل، وأدق وأحسن
Al-lasf, with harakah: al-asf, or hare's ear, its leaves are like the leaves of plantain, and finer and better.
زهره أزرق فيه بياض، وله أصل ذو شعب
Its flower is blue with white, and it has a branched root.
إذا قلع وحك به الوجه حمره وحسنه
If it is plucked and rubbed on the face, it reddens and beautifies it.
وجنس من التمر، وبركة بين المغيثة والعقبة، ويبس الجلد ولزوقه
And a type of date, and a pool between al-Mughīthah and al-ʿUqbah, and dryness and adherence of the skin.
وكقطام وسحاب، ويكسر: جبل لتميم
And like qatām and saḥāb, and with kasr: a mountain of Tamim.
واللاصف: الإثمد
And al-lāṣif: kohl.
واللصف: الرصف
And al-lasf: paving.
واللصيف: البريق
And al-laṣīf: brilliance.
وتلصف، كتنصر: تبرق
And talassafa, like tanassara: to shine.