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الءصطفلين

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of edible root vegetable, possibly a type of turnip or radish. It is mentioned in a historical context, comparing a forceful removal from power to uprooting this vegetable.

Derived headwords

الإصطفلينnoun
  1. 1.
    edible rootclassical

    A type of root vegetable that is eaten, possibly a turnip or radish.

إصطفلينةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single edible rootclassical

    The singular form of 'الإصطفلين', referring to one instance of the edible root vegetable.

Parallel reading

الجزر الذي يؤكل، الواحدة: إصطفلينة.
The root vegetable that is eaten; the singular is 'isṭiflinah'.
لأنتزعنك من الملك انتزاع الإصطفلينة
I will uproot you from kingship like the uprooting of the 'isṭiflinah'.
ولأردنك إريسا من الأرارسة ترعى الدوبل.
And I will reduce you to a shepherd of the shepherds, grazing the 'dubal'.