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غرس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root غرس (gh-r-s) primarily relates to planting and growth, encompassing the act of planting, young plants, and the initial stages of a plant's life. It also extends to a specific biological covering found on newborns.

Derived headwords

الغِرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    newborn's coveringclassical

    A covering that emerges with a newborn, resembling mucus. It is described as a membrane on the face of a newborn camel that can be fatal if left on.

غرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    he planted the treesboth

    he planted the trees

  2. 2.
    time of plantingboth

    time of planting

غَرْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    plantingboth

    The verbal noun for the act of planting.

الغِرَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    palm saplingsboth

    Young shoots or saplings of palm trees.

  2. 2.
    time of plantingclassical

    The season or time designated for planting.

غَرِيسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    newly planted treeboth

    A palm tree in its very first stage of growth after being planted.

Parallel reading

الغرس بالكسر: الذي يخرج مع الولد كأنه مخاط.
Al-ghirs (with kasra) is that which emerges with the child, as if it were mucus.
ويقال: جليدة تكون على وجه الفصيل ساعة يولد، فإن تركت قتلته.
And it is said: a membrane that is on the face of a newborn camel at the hour it is born; if it is left, it kills it.
يتركن في كل مناخ أبس * كل جنين مشعر في الغرس *
They are left in every resting place, like every hairy fetus in the ghirs.
وغرست الشجر أغرسه غرسا.
And I planted the tree, I plant it, a planting.
والغراس: فسيل النخل.
And al-ghiras: saplings of palm trees.
والغراس أيضا: وقت الغرس.
And al-ghiras also: the time of planting.
ويقال للنخلة أول ما تنبت غريسة.
And the palm tree, when it first sprouts, is called ghareesa.