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حربث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of desert plant, its characteristics, and its value as pasture. It also includes a proper name derived from the root.

Derived headwords

الحِرْبِثُnoun
  1. 1.
    Desert plantboth

    A type of desert plant, described as growing on plains, sometimes said to grow only on dry ground. It is black with white flowers and spreads with branches.

  2. 2.
    Small plantclassical

    A small plant resembling the plant 'īhaqān, described as yellow-green and admired by livestock, growing on plains.

الحَرْبَثُnoun
  1. 1.
    Plantclassical

    A plant that spreads on the ground, having long leaves interspersed with smaller leaves.

الحِرْبِثُnoun
  1. 1.
    Pastureclassical

    A type of herbage considered excellent pasture, especially when eaten along with Sa'dan.

حربثةname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, specifically of a Persian poet named Harbatha bin Abd Amr bin Mu'awiyah.

Parallel reading

الحربث والحثرب كلاهما (بالضم: نبت)
Al-ḥarbath and al-ḥathrab, both (with dammah) are a plant.
وفي المحكم: نبات سهلي، وقيل: لا ينبت إلا في جلد، وهو أسود، وزهرته بيضاء، وهو يتسطح قضبانا
And in Al-Muḥkam: a plain plant, and it is said: it only grows on dry ground, it is black, its flower is white, and it spreads with branches.
أنشد ابن الأعرابي: غرك مني شعثي ولبثي ولمم حولك مثل الحربث
Ibn al-A'rābī recited: Your disheveled hair and my staying, and locks around you like al-ḥarbath, have deceived you about me.
قال: شبه لمم الصبيان في سوادها بالحربث
He said: He likened the locks of children in their blackness to al-ḥarbath.
والحربث، بقلة نحو الإيهقان صفراء غبراء تعجب المال، وهي من نبات السهل.
And al-ḥarbath, a small plant like al-īhaqān, yellow-green, admired by livestock, and it is from the plants of the plain.
الحربث: نبت ينبسط على الأرض، له ورق طوال، وبين ذالك الطوال ورق صغار.
Al-ḥarbath: a plant that spreads on the ground, it has long leaves, and between those long ones are small leaves.
الحربث: عشب من أحرار البقل.
Al-ḥarbath: herbage from the best of plants.
الحربث: من أطيب المراعي، ويقال: أطيب الغنم لبنا ما أكل الحربث والسعدان
Al-ḥarbath: is from the most delicious pastures, and it is said: the sheep that produce the most milk are those that eat al-ḥarbath and al-sa'dān.
حربثة بن عبد عمرو بن معاوية بالضم: شاعر فارس، ذكره الآمدي، وقيده هاكذا.
Ḥarbatha bin Abd Amr bin Mu'awiyah (with dammah): a Persian poet, Al-Āmidī mentioned him and recorded him thus.