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دفل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the oleander plant, known for its bitterness and toxicity. It also touches upon grammatical considerations related to its name.

Derived headwords

الدَّفْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    a bitter plant that can be singular or plural, can be nunated or notboth

    a bitter plant that can be singular or plural, can be nunated or not

دَفْلَىname
  1. 1.
    Oleander (as a name)classical

    The name of the oleander plant, which is bitter. It can be treated as singular or plural, with different grammatical implications depending on whether the 'alif' is considered for augmentation or for feminine indication.

Parallel reading

نبت مر، يكون واحد وجمعا ينون ولا ينون.
A bitter plant, it can be singular and plural, inflected with nunation and without nunation.
فمن جعل الالف للالحاق نونه في النكرة
And whoever considers the alif for augmentation, he inflects it with nunation in the indefinite state.
ومن جعلها للتأنيث لم ينونه.
And whoever considers it for femininity, he does not inflect it with nunation.