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بثن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to soft, fertile land and grains that grow in such soil. It also extends to a specific type of wheat associated with a location in the Levant.

Derived headwords

البَثْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soft landboth

    Refers to fertile, yielding ground.

بُثَيْنَةname
  1. 1.
    Buthaynahclassical

    A diminutive form of 'bathnah', referring to soft land, used here as a proper name.

البَثْنِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    wheat from a placeclassical

    A type of wheat attributed to a specific location in the Levant (Sham).

Parallel reading

الأرض اللينة
the soft land
وبتصغيرها سميت بثينة
and by its diminutive form, it was named Buthaynah.
والبثنية: حنطة منسوبة إلى موضع بالشأم
And Al-Bathaniyyah: wheat attributed to a place in the Levant.
فلما ألقى الشأم بوانيه وصار بثنية وعسلا
When the Levant laid down its burdens and became like soft land and honey,
كل حنطة تنبت في الأرض السهلة فهي بثنية
Every wheat that grows in the easy, flat land is Bathaniyyah.
خلاف الجبلية
contrary to that which grows in the mountains.