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لصف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to plants, specifically growths or types of produce. It also extends to a place name and a specific type of date.

Derived headwords

اللَّصْفnoun
  1. 1.
    growth on cucumber rootsclassical

    A growth that appears on the roots of cucumbers, resembling cucumbers themselves.

  2. 2.
    type of dateclassical

    A specific kind of date, though its exact nature was not known by Abu al-Ghawth.

لِصَافname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically one of the stopping points for the Banu Tamim tribe.

Parallel reading

اللَّصْف، بالتحريك: شئ ينبت في أصول الكبر، كأنه خيار.
Al-lasf, with vowelization: a thing that grows on the roots of cucumbers, as if it were cucumbers.
وهو أيضا جنس من التمر.
It is also a type of date.
ولصاف، مثل قطام: موضع من منازل بنى تميم.
And Lisaf, like Qatam: a place from the stopping points of Banu Tamim.
قد كنت أحسبكم أسود خفية فإذا لصاف تبيض فيه الحمر
I used to think you were hidden lions, but then Lisaf, where the donkeys give birth.
وبعضهم يعربه ويجريه مجرى ما لا ينصرف من الاسماء.
And some of them vocalize it and treat it like indeclinable nouns.