الخربق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific poisonous plant, its medicinal properties, and associated dangers. It also extends to terms related to water management, physical descriptions of women, and actions of cutting or spoiling.

Derived headwords

الخَرْبَقnoun

1.
plantboth
A plant whose leaves resemble those of the plantain (lisān al-ḥamal). It is described as white and black, possessing properties that cleanse and warm, beneficial for epilepsy, madness, joint ailments, leucoderma, and paralysis. It also helps expel viscous humors, but can cause convulsions if taken excessively. It is poisonous to dogs and pigs, and if it grows near a grapevine, it can cause the wine to ferment excessively.

أبو خربقname

1.
name of a traditionistclassical
A kunya (patronymic or teknonym) for Salām ibn Ruḥ, a traditionist.

خِرْبِقnoun

1.
water lifterclassical
A device for lifting water.
2.
basinclassical
A basin or cistern.

خِرْبَالnoun

1.
tall, large womanclassical
A woman who is tall and large.
2.
fast-walking womanclassical
A woman who walks quickly.
3.
name of a companionclassical
A name given to Dhu al-Yadayn, a companion of the Prophet, according to one opinion.
4.
fast walkingclassical
The act of walking quickly.
5.
flatulenceclassical
A fart or emission of gas.

خَرْبَقَةnoun

1.
driving goatsclassical
A sound or call used to drive goats.

خَرْبَقَverb

1.
to tear, cutboth
To tear or cut something.
2.
to spoil, ruinboth
To spoil or corrupt something, referring to work or an action.
3.
to split (earth)both
To split or cleave the earth, referring to the effect of rain.

مُخَرْبَقَةnoun

1.
promiscuous womanclassical
A woman who is promiscuous or loose in morals.

اخْرَنْبَاقnoun

1.
hiding, coweringclassical
The act of hiding or cowering, especially by someone who is suspicious or guilty.
2.
lying flatclassical
The act of lying flat on the ground.

مُخَرْنَبِقadjective

1.
silent, hidingclassical
Someone who is silent and hiding, often with a hidden motive.

Parallel reading

الخَرْبَق، كجعفر: نبات ورقه كلسان الحمل، أبيض وأسود، وكلاهما يجلو ويسخن، وينفع الصرع والجنون والمفاصل والبهق والفالج، ويسهل الفضول اللزجة، وربما أورث تشنجا، وإفراطه مهلك، وهو سم للكلاب والخنازير، وإن نبت بجنب كرمة أسهلت خمرة عنبها.

Al-kharbaq, like Ja'far: a plant whose leaves resemble those of the plantain, white and black. Both cleanse and warm, and benefit epilepsy, madness, joints, leucoderma, and paralysis. It facilitates viscous humors, and may cause convulsions; its excess is fatal. It is a poison for dogs and pigs, and if it grows next to a vine, it makes its grape-wine ferment.

وأبو خربق سلام بن روح: محدث.

And Abu Kharbaq is Salām ibn Ruḥ: a traditionist.

وكزبرج: مصعد الماء، واسم حوض.

And like Zubruj: a water-lifter, and the name of a basin.

وكسربال: المرأة الطويلة العظيمة، أو السريعة المشي، واسم ذي اليدين الصحابي في قول، وسرعة المشي، كالخربقة، والضرط.

And like Sarbāl: the tall, large woman, or the fast-walking one, and the name of the companion Dhu al-Yadayn in one opinion, and fast walking, like al-kharbaqah, and flatulence.

والمخربقة، للمفعول: المرأة الربوخ.

And al-mukharbaqah, for the passive participle: the promiscuous woman.

والخربقة: من زجر العنز.

And al-kharbaqah: from the calls used to drive goats.

والاخرنباق: انقماع المريب، واللصوق بالأرض، وفي المثل: "مخرنبق لينباع"، أي: ساكت لداهية يريدها.

And al-ikhrinbāq: the hiding of the suspicious person, and sticking to the ground. And in the proverb: 'Mukharnibaq li-yunbā'' (He is hiding to be sold), meaning: silent for a scheme he intends.

خربقه: شقه وقطعه

Kharbaqahu: to tear it and cut it.

والعمل: أفسده

And the work: he spoiled it.

والغيث الأرض: شققها

And the rain split the earth: it cleaved it.