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قرث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific types of dates and a type of fish. The primary derived terms describe a particular variety of date, both in its unripe and ripe stages, and also a type of fish.

Derived headwords

قريثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    type of dateclassical

    A specific variety of date, often described as the finest when unripe (busr). It is mentioned in a lengthened form (mamdud) without tanwin.

قريثاnoun
  1. 1.
    type of dateclassical

    A specific variety of date, mentioned in a non-lengthened form (ghayr mamdud). This likely refers to the same type of date as 'qaritha'.

القريثnoun
  1. 1.
    type of fishclassical

    A type of fish, stated to be a variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-jarith'.

الجريثnoun
  1. 1.
    type of fishclassical

    A type of fish, which 'al-qarith' is a variant of.

Parallel reading

نخل قريثاء وبسر قريثاء، ممدود بغير تنوين، لضرب من التمر، وهو أطيب التمر بسرا.
Qaritha palm trees and qaritha unripe dates, lengthened without tanwin, for a type of date, which is the finest date when unripe.
وقال أبو الجراح: تمر قريثا غير ممدود.
And Abu al-Jarraḥ said: Qaritha dates, non-lengthened.
والقريث: لغة في الجريث، وهو ضرب من السمك.
And al-Qarith: a dialectal variant for al-Jarith, which is a type of fish.