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بوت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of mountain tree and its fruit, described as similar to the hawthorn but with black, sweet fruit. It also refers to a place name and a nisba derived from it.

Derived headwords

البوتnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain treeclassical

    A type of tree found in the mountains, mentioned by Abu Hanifa.

بوتةnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the mountain treeclassical

    The fruit of the mountain tree, which resembles the hawthorn's fruit but ripens to a deep black and becomes very sweet. It has a small, round pit and stains the mouth and hands of those who eat or pick it.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in Marw.

بوتقيadjective
  1. 1.
    from Marwclassical

    A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating origin from the place called Marw.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وقال أبو حنيفة: هو شجر من أشجار الجبال، جمع بوتة
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Abu Hanifa said: It is a tree from the trees of the mountains, the plural of butah.
ونباته كالزعرور وكذلك ثمرته، إلا أنها إذا أينعت اسودت سوادا شديدا، وحلت حلاوة شديدة
Its plant is like the hawthorn, and so is its fruit, except that when it ripens, it becomes intensely black and very sweet.
ولها عجمة صغيرة مدورة، وهي تسود فم آكليها ويد مجتنيها
It has a small, round pit, and it blackens the mouth of its eaters and the hand of its pickers.
وثمرتها عناقيد كعناقيد الكباث، والناس يأكلونها
Its fruit is in clusters like the clusters of al-kabath, and people eat it.
حكاه أبو حنيفة، قال: وأخبرني بذلك الأعراب
Abu Hanifa narrated it, saying: And the Bedouins informed me of that.
وبوتة: ة بمرو، والنسبة - بوتقي
And Butah: a place in Marw, and the nisba is Butaqi.
منها أبو الفضل أسلم بن أحمد بن محمد بن فراشة البوتقي المحدث
From it is Abu al-Fadl Aslam bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Farashah al-Butaqi, the muhaddith.
روى عن أبي العباس أحمد بن محمد بن محبوب المحبوبي. وغيره
He narrated from Abu al-Abbas Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Mahbub al-Mahbubi, and others.
وعنه أبو سعيد محمد بن علي النقاش. وتوفي بعد سنة خمسين وثلاثمائة
And from him narrated Abu Sa'id Muhammad bin Ali al-Naqqash. He died after the year three hundred and fifty.