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قحا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the chamomile plant and related terms. It includes the name of the plant itself, its diminutive form, and a term for medicine containing it. It also mentions a place name derived from the plant.

Derived headwords

الأقحوانnoun
  1. 1.
    chamomileboth

    chamomile

  2. 2.
    it is a fragrant plant with white leaves around it and a yellow centerboth

    it is a fragrant plant with white leaves around it and a yellow center

أقيحيnoun
  1. 1.
    Diminutive of chamomileclassical

    The diminutive form of 'al-uqḥuwān', used to refer to a small or young chamomile plant.

أقاحnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of al-uqḥuwānboth

    plural of al-uqḥuwān

المقحوnoun
  1. 1.
    Medicine containing chamomileclassical

    A type of medicine that includes chamomile as an ingredient.

الاقحوانةname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الأقحوان: البابونج، على أفعلان، وهو نبت طيب الريح، حواليه ورق أبيض، ووسطه أصفر.
Al-uqḥuwān: Chamomile, on the pattern afʿalān, which is a plant with a pleasant fragrance, surrounded by white leaves, and its center is yellow.
ويصغر على أقيحي لأنه يجمع على أقاحي بحذف الألف والنون، وإن شئت قلت أقاح بلا تشديد.
And it is made diminutive to 'uqayḥī' because it is pluralized to 'uqāḥī' by deleting the alif and nun, and if you wish, you say 'uqāḥ' without doubling.
والمقحو من الأدوية: الذي فيه الاقحوان.
And al-maqḥū from medicines: that which contains chamomile.
والاقحوانة: اسم موضع.
And al-uqḥuwānah: a place name.