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خردل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of cutting, consuming, and specific botanical terms. It describes actions like eating, cutting meat, and the characteristics of a palm tree. It also identifies the mustard plant and its medicinal properties, as well as a specific Persian variety.

Derived headwords

خَرْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat its cucumbersclassical

    To consume or eat the cucumbers of something.

  2. 2.
    to shed profuselyclassical

    Describing a palm tree that sheds its fruit excessively.

  3. 3.
    to cut into large piecesclassical

    To cut meat into abundant, large pieces.

  4. 4.
    to cut and scatterclassical

    To cut meat into pieces and distribute them.

مُخَرْدَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    cut into piecesclassical

    Meat that has been cut into abundant pieces.

  2. 2.
    faintingclassical

    Describing someone who is unconscious or has fainted.

خَرْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    mustard seedboth

    The seed of a plant, known for its warming, softening, and digestive properties.

  2. 2.
    mustard plantboth

    The plant itself, including its seeds.

والخردل: حب شجر م، مسخن ملطف جاذب، قالع للبلغم، ملين هاضم، نافع طلاؤه للنقرس والنسا والبرص، ودخانه يطرد الحيات، وماؤه يسكن وجع الآذان تقطيرا، ومسحوقه على الضرس الوجع غاية — And mustard: seeds of a tree, warming, softening, attracting, phlegm-removing, softening, digestive, its ointment is beneficial for gout, sciatica, and vitiligo, its smoke repels snakes, its water soothes earache when dropped, and its powder on an aching molar is excellent.
خَرْدَل فَارِسِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Persian mustardclassical

    A type of plant found in Egypt, also known as 'Sultan's herb'.

والخردل الفارسي: نبات بمصر يعرف بحشيشة السلطان — And Persian mustard: a plant in Egypt known as Sultan's herb.

Parallel reading

خردل الطعام: أكل خياره
Mustard (applied to) food: eating its cucumbers.
والنخلة: كثر نفضها، وعظم ما بقي من بسرها، فهي مخردل
And the palm tree: its shedding is abundant, and what remains of its unripe fruit is large, so it is 'mukhordalah' (shedding profusely).
واللحم: قطع أعضاءه وافرة، أو قطعه وفرقه
And meat: cutting its parts abundantly, or cutting and scattering it.
ولحم خراديل: مخردل
And 'khuradeel' meat: is 'mukhordalah' (cut into pieces).
والمخردل: المصروع
And the 'mukhordalah': the one who is struck down (fainting).
والخردل: حب شجر م، مسخن ملطف جاذب، قالع للبلغم، ملين هاضم
And mustard: seeds of a tree, warming, softening, attracting, phlegm-removing, softening, digestive.
نافع طلاؤه للنقرس والنسا والبرص
Its ointment is beneficial for gout, sciatica, and vitiligo.
ودخانه يطرد الحيات
And its smoke repels snakes.
وماؤه يسكن وجع الآذان تقطيرا
And its water soothes earache when dropped.
ومسحوقه على الضرس الوجع غاية
And its powder on an aching molar is excellent.
والخردل الفارسي: نبات بمصر يعرف بحشيشة السلطان
And Persian mustard: a plant in Egypt known as Sultan's herb.