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النلك

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of tree, specifically the bear's tree or hawthorn. The singular form denotes a single instance of this tree.

Derived headwords

النَلَكnoun
  1. 1.
    bear's treeclassical

    A type of tree, identified as the bear's tree.

النُلَكnoun
  1. 1.
    hawthornclassical

    Alternatively, this tree is identified as the hawthorn.

نَلْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single treeclassical

    The singular form referring to one instance of the bear's tree or hawthorn.

Parallel reading

النلك، بالضم ويكسر: شجر الدب، أو الزعرور، الواحدة: نلكة.
Al-Nalk, with damma and with kasra: the bear's tree, or the hawthorn; the singular is Nalkah.