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الحلقانة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes the stage of date ripening, specifically when the fruit begins to mature or reaches a certain level of ripeness. It also touches upon the grammatical possibility of the final letter being an addition.

Derived headwords

الحَلْقَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Beginning of date ripeningclassical

    The stage of dates when they begin to show signs of ripening.

  2. 2.
    Two-thirds ripe datesclassical

    Dates that have reached two-thirds of their ripening stage.

الحَلْقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Beginning of date ripeningclassical

    The stage of dates when they begin to show signs of ripening.

  2. 2.
    Two-thirds ripe datesclassical

    Dates that have reached two-thirds of their ripening stage.

حَلْقَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To begin ripening (dates)classical

    The verb form indicating that dates have reached the stage of beginning to ripen.

Parallel reading

البسر بدا فيه النضج
The unripe dates (busr) in which ripening has begun.
أو بلغ الإرطاب ثلثيه
Or the ripeness (irtab) has reached two-thirds of it.
وقد حلقن
And it has begun to ripen.
أو النون زائدة
Or the letter 'nun' is an addition.