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بسد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coral, describing its origin, growth in the sea, and its unique status as a plant-like mineral. It is recognized by scholars for its distinct natural properties.

Derived headwords

بَسَدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Coralboth

    The origin or substance of coral, which grows in the sea. It is noted for being the only mineral that resembles a plant.

بَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coralclassical

    To be or to originate as coral.

Parallel reading

بَسَدٌ كَسَكْرٍ: أَصْلُ المُرْجَانِ، يَنْبُتُ فِي البَحْرِ
Coral, like 'sakr', is the origin of coral, it grows in the sea.
وَلَيْسَ فِي المَعَادِنِ مَا يُشْبِهُ النَّبَاتَ غَيْرَهُ
And there is not among the minerals that which resembles a plant other than it.
ذَكَرَهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ العُلَمَاءِ
More than one of the scholars mentioned it.