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بسم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the jasmine flower, its scent, and its appearance. It also touches upon grammatical variations and poetic usage related to the plant.

Derived headwords

الياسمينnoun
  1. 1.
    an arabicized wordboth

    an arabicized word

ياسمverb
  1. 1.
    it came in poetry as 'yāsam'both

    it came in poetry as 'yāsam'

ياسمونnoun
  1. 1.
    some Arabs say 'yāsamūn' in the nominative caseboth

    some Arabs say 'yāsamūn' in the nominative case

Parallel reading

الياسمين معروف.
Jasmine is well-known.
وبعض العرب يقول شممت الياسمين
And some Arabs say 'I smelled the jasmine'.
وهذا ياسمون، فيجريه مجرى الجمع، كما قلنا في نصيبين.
And this is 'yasmūn', so they treat it like a plural, as we said regarding Naṣībīn.
وقد جاء أيضا في الشعر ياسم.
It has also appeared in poetry as 'yāsim'.
من ياسم بيض وورد أزهرا
Who smells white [flowers] and blooming roses.