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دلبث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a specific plant and its botanical characteristics. It details the appearance of the plant's root, leaves, and bulb, comparing it to saffron, and mentions its culinary use.

Derived headwords

الدِّلْبَاذُnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A specific type of plant whose root and leaves resemble those of saffron. Its bulb is covered in fibers and is cooked with milk and eaten.

الدلبوثnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant, with its root and leaves similar to saffron. Its bulb is in a fiber, and it is cooked with milk and eaten.

Parallel reading

الدلبوث بفتح الدال واللام كقربوس
Al-Dilboth, with fath on the dal and lam, like qirbos.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال أبو حنيفة: هو نبات أصله وورقه مثل نبات الزعفران سواء
And Abu Hanifa said: It is a plant whose root and leaves are exactly like the plant of saffron.
وبصلته في ليفة
And its bulb is in a fiber.
وهي تطبخ باللبن وتؤكل
And it is cooked with milk and eaten.
نقله الصاغاني
Al-Sagani transmitted it.
وسيأتي للمصنف في سيف أنه يسمى سيف الغراب؛ لأن ورقه دقيق الطرف كالسيف
And it will come later for the author in (the entry for) 'sayf' that it is called the crow's sword; because its leaf is thin-edged like a sword.