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فرصد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily relates to the fruit of the mulberry tree, specifically the red variety. It appears to be a specific term for this fruit, possibly with regional or poetic usage.

Derived headwords

الفُرْصَادnoun
  1. 1.
    red mulberry, specificallyboth

    red mulberry, specifically

Parallel reading

الفرصاد: التوت، وهو الأحمر منه.
Al-Furṣād: the mulberry, and it is the red one of it.
قال الشاعر الأسود بن يعفر: من خمر ذي نطف أغن كأنما * قنأت أنامله من الفرصاد
The poet Al-Aswad bin Ya'fur said: From the wine of a plump, well-fed one, as if its fingertips were reddened from the mulberry.