الثوم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This entry discusses garlic, both cultivated and wild varieties, detailing its medicinal properties, culinary uses, and potential side effects. It also mentions a tribe and a specific tree associated with the root.

Derived headwords

الثومnoun

1.
Garlicboth
A plant of the onion genus, Allium sativum, widely cultivated for its pungent bulb, used in cooking and medicine. It can be either cultivated or wild.
2.
Wild garlicclassical
A wild variety of garlic, sometimes referred to as 'snake garlic', which is considered more potent.

ثوم الحيةnoun

1.
Snake garlicclassical
A specific type of wild garlic, known for its potency.

الثومةnoun

1.
A single garlic cloveboth
The individual unit or bulb of garlic.
2.
Scabbardclassical
The sheath or case for a sword.

بنو ثومة بن مخاشنname

1.
Banu Thūmah bin Makhāshinclassical
A tribe descended from Thūmah bin Makhāshin.

الثومةnoun

1.
A large treeclassical
A large tree without fruit, possessing a fragrance superior to myrtle, used for making toothsticks.

Parallel reading

الثوم، بالضم: بستاني وبري، ويعرف بثوم الحية وهو أقوى

Garlic, with dammah: cultivated and wild, and it is known as snake garlic, and it is more potent.

وكلاهما مسخن مخرج للنفخ والدود، مدر جدا وهذا أفضل ما فيه

And both of them are warming, expelling flatulence and worms, very diuretic, and this is its best quality.

جيد للنسيان، والربو، والسعال المزمن، والطحال، والخاصرة، والقولنج، وعرق النسا، ووجع الورك، والنقرس، ولسع الهوام والحيات والعقارب، والكلب الكلب، والعطش البلغمي، وتقطير البول، وتصفية الحلق

Good for forgetfulness, asthma, chronic cough, spleen, flank pain, colic, sciatica, hip pain, gout, stings of vermin, snakes, and scorpions, rabies, phlegmatic thirst, dribbling of urine, and clearing the throat.

باهي جذاب

Appetizing and attractive.

ومشويه لوجع الأسنان المتأكلة

And its roasted form is for aching, decayed teeth.

حافظ صحة المبرودين والمشايخ

Preserves the health of those with colds and the elderly.

رديء للبواسير والزحير، والخنازير، وأصحاب الدق، والحبالى، والمرضعات، والصداع

Detrimental for hemorrhoids and dysentery, pigs, consumptives, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and headaches.

إصلاحه: سلقه بماء وملح، وتطجينه بدهن لوز، وإتباعه بمص رمانة مزة

Its remedy: boiling it in water and salt, sautéing it in almond oil, and following it with sucking on a sour pomegranate.

والثومة: واحدته، وقبيعة السيف

And 'al-thūmah': its single unit, and the scabbard of a sword.

وبنو ثومة بن مخاشن: قبيلة، منهم الحكم بن زهرة

And Banu Thūmah bin Makhāshin: a tribe, among them is Al-Hakam bin Zuhrah.

والثومة، كعنبة: شجرة عظيمة بلا ثمر، أطيب رائحة من الآس، تتخذ منها المساويك

And 'al-thūmah', like 'unbah': a large tree without fruit, more fragrant than myrtle, from which toothsticks are made.

رأيتها بحبل تيرى

I saw it in the region of Tihamah.