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عشرق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a type of thorny plant, specifically the 'asharq'. It also appears in poetry to describe the sound of rustling or the movement of such plants, possibly due to their thorny nature.

Derived headwords

العَشْرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny plantboth

    A type of thorny plant, often described as having a rustling sound when moved by the wind.

عَشْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to rustleclassical

    To make a rustling sound, like that of thorny plants moving in the wind.

Parallel reading

العشرق بالكسر: نبت.
Al-'ashraqu (with kasra): a plant.
تسمع للحلي وسواسا إذا انصرفت كما استعان بريح عشرق زجل
You hear the rustling of jewelry as it moves, like the sound produced by a rustling plant in the wind.