الدفل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a bitter plant, often identified with oleander, and its medicinal uses. It also extends to meanings related to tar and pitch.

Derived headwords

الدفلnoun

1.
Oleander plantboth
A bitter plant, identified as oleander (Nerium oleander), with red flowers and fruit resembling carob pods.
2.
Tar, pitchclassical
Also refers to tar and pitch.

القطرانnoun

1.
Tarboth
A dark, viscous liquid obtained from the distillation of wood or coal, used for various purposes.

الزفتnoun

1.
Pitch, asphaltboth
A black, sticky substance, often derived from petroleum or coal tar, used for paving and waterproofing.

خرزهرهname

1.
Oleanderclassical
The Persian name for the oleander plant.

قتالadjective

1.
Deadly, lethalclassical
Describing something as deadly or lethal, likely referring to the poisonous nature of the plant.

زهرهnoun

1.
Flowerboth
Refers to the flower of the plant, specifically described as red.

كالورد الأحمرother

1.
Like a red roseclassical
A descriptive phrase comparing the flower's appearance to that of a red rose.

كالخرنوبother

1.
Like carobclassical
A descriptive phrase comparing the plant's fruit to that of a carob pod.

Parallel reading

الدفل، بالكسر، وكذكرى: نبت مر، فارسيته: خرزهره، قتال، زهره كالورد الأحمر، وحمله كالخرنوب، نافع للجرب والحكة طلاء، ولوجع الركبة والظهر ضمادا، ولطرد البراغيث والأرض رشا بطبيخه، (ولإزالة البرص طلاء بلبه اثنتي عشرة مرة) بعد الإنقاء.

Al-duful, with a kasra, and like Dhikra: a bitter plant, its Persian name is Kharzharah, qattal, its flower is like a red rose, and its fruit is like carob, beneficial for scabies and itching as an ointment, for knee and back pain as a poultice, and for repelling fleas and from the earth by sprinkling its decoction, (and for removing vitiligo by applying its pulp twelve times) after purification.

والدفل أيضا: القطران، والزفت.

And al-duful also means: tar, and pitch.

نافع للجرب والحكة طلاء

Beneficial for scabies and itching as an ointment

ولجع الركبة والظهر ضمادا

And for knee and back pain as a poultice

ولطرد البراغيث والأرض رشا بطبيخه

And for repelling fleas and from the earth by sprinkling its decoction

ولإزالة البرص طلاء بلبه اثنتي عشرة مرة

And for removing vitiligo by applying its pulp twelve times

بعد الإنقاء

After purification