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الحرمل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a plant known as harmal, its seeds, and its medicinal properties. It also refers to a specific type of tree and a place name.

Derived headwords

الحرملnoun
  1. 1.
    Harmal plantboth

    The seeds of a plant called harmal, known for its medicinal uses.

الحرملةnoun
  1. 1.
    Another plantclassical

    A different plant, considered excellent for tinder after certain other plants like 'al-marrkh' and 'al-'afār'. Its milky sap is used.

حرملة بن عبد الله بن حرملةname
  1. 1.
    Harmalah bin Abdullah bin Harmalahclassical

    A person named Harmalah bin Abdullah bin Harmalah, who was a companion of Al-Shafi'i and a traditionist.

حرملاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, likely a variant or related term.

الحرمليةnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically a town ('-ah') in Antioch.

الحريملةnoun
  1. 1.
    A treeclassical

    A tree whose pods split open to reveal soft cotton, used to stuff pillows for kings due to its lightness and softness.

Parallel reading

حب نبات م، يخرج السوداء والبلغم إسهالا، وهو غاية، ويصفي الدم وينوم
Seeds of a plant, which causes black bile and phlegm to be expelled through diarrhea, and it is excellent, purifies the blood, and induces sleep.
واستفاف مثقال ونصف منه غير مسحوق اثنتي عشرة ليلة يبرئ من عرق النسا، مجرب
And consuming one and a half mithqals of it, uncrushed, for twelve nights cures sciatica, it is tested.
وبلا لام: ع، واسم
And without the definite article: a place name, and a noun.
والحرملة: نبات آخر من أجود الزناد بعد المرخ والعفار
And 'al-harmalah': another plant, among the best tinder after 'al-marrkh' and 'al-'afār'.
ويؤخذ لبنها في صوفة، وتجفف، ويحك بها البدن الجرب فإنه غاية
Its sap is taken on a piece of wool, dried, and rubbed on an itchy body, for it is excellent.
وحرملاء: ع
And 'ḥarmalāʾ': a place name.
والحرملية: ة بأنطاكية
And 'al-ḥarmaliyyah': a town in Antioch.
والحريملة: شجرة تنشق جراؤها عن ألين قطن
And 'al-ḥuraymilah': a tree whose pods split open to reveal the softest cotton.
ويحشى به مخاد الملوك لخفته ونعومته
And it is used to stuff the pillows of kings due to its lightness and softness.