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برس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cotton, its appearance, and its texture. It can also refer to something fluffy or resembling cotton.

Derived headwords

البِرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    cottonboth

    The soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or in the நிலையில் around the seeds of the cotton plant of the genus Gossypium.

قَزَعاًadjective
  1. 1.
    fluffyclassical

    Resembling cotton in its fluffy or scattered appearance.

طَيْرُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    and His saying, may He be exalted, 'They said, 'We have been ill-omened by you'' (Q 27:47), its origin is 'taṭayyarnā' so it was assimilatedboth

    and His saying, may He be exalted, 'They said, 'We have been ill-omened by you'' (Q 27:47), its origin is 'taṭayyarnā' so it was assimilated

  2. 2.
    the verbal noun is 'ṭīrah' on the pattern of 'ʿinabah'both

    the verbal noun is 'ṭīrah' on the pattern of 'ʿinabah'

الكَرَابِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton stalksclassical

    The dried stalks or remnants of cotton plants, often used to describe something rough or coarse.

Parallel reading

البرس بالكسر: القطن.
Al-birs (with kasra): cotton.
ترى اللغام على هاماتها قزعا * كالبرس طيره ضرب الكرابيل
You see the foam on their heads scattered * like cotton, its kind (is like) the ضرب of the cotton stalks.