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الغصن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to branches of trees, their growth, and extension. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of extension, taking, cutting, and deterring, as well as specific names and descriptions.

Derived headwords

الغُصْنnoun
  1. 1.
    branchboth

    What branches off from the trunk of a tree, whether thin or thick.

  2. 2.
    young branchboth

    A small branch.

غَصَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to extend itclassical

    To extend a branch towards someone.

  2. 2.
    to take or cutboth

    To take or cut something.

  3. 3.
    to deter or dissuadeboth

    To deter or dissuade someone from their need or purpose.

  4. 4.
    to restrainclassical

    To restrain or hold back.

غَصْنname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    Two names.

غُصُونnoun
  1. 1.
    branchesboth

    Plural of الغصن (branch).

غُصْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    branchboth

    A singular form or type of branch.

أَغْصَانnoun
  1. 1.
    branchesboth

    Plural of الغصن (branch).

ذُو الغُصْنname
  1. 1.
    valley nameclassical

    A valley located in the lava field of Banu Sulaym.

أَبُو الغُصْنname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    Dujayn bin Thabit bin Dujayn, not Juha, or it is his kunya (patronymic/sobriquet).

أَغْصَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow largeclassical

    The cluster of grapes grew large in its berries.

ثَوْرٌ أَغْصَنadjective
  1. 1.
    white-tailed bullclassical

    A bull that has whiteness on its tail.

Parallel reading

الغُصْن، بالضم: ما تشعب من ساق الشجر دقاقها وغلاظها، والصغيرة: بهاء ج: غصون وغصنة وأغصان.
The branch, with dammah: what branches off from the trunk of a tree, its thin and thick parts, and the small one: beauty. Plural: ghusun, ghasanah, and aghsan.
وغصن الغصن يغصنه: مده إليه
And he extended the branch towards him.
و الشيء: أخذه أو قطعه
And he took or cut the thing.
و فلانا عن حاجته: ثناه، وكفه.
And he deterred him from his need: he turned him back and restrained him.
وذو الغصن: واد من حرة بني سليم.
And Dhu al-Ghusn: a valley from the lava field of Banu Sulaym.
وأبو الغصن: دجين بن ثابت بن دجين، وليس بجحى، كما توهمه الجوهري، أو هو كنيته.
And Abu al-Ghusn: Dujayn bin Thabit bin Dujayn, and he is not Juha, as al-Jawhari mistakenly thought, or it is his kunya.
وأغصن العنقود وغصن: كبر حبه.
And the cluster of grapes grew large and ripened: its berries became big.
وثور أغصن: في ذنبه بياض.
And a white-tailed bull: there is whiteness on its tail.
وغصن، بالضم وكزبير: اسمان.
And Ghasan, with dammah, and like Zubayr: two names.