غرقد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root 'gh-r-q-d' primarily denotes a type of thorny shrub, specifically a large one or a mature wild-fig tree. It is also associated with a specific location in Medina and a descriptive term for the white of eggs.

Derived headwords

الغَرْقَدnoun

1.
large thorny shrubboth
A large thorny shrub, belonging to the category of 'adhah trees. It can also refer to a large wild-fig tree.
2.
type of plantclassical
A type of plant found in the desert or open plains.

غَرْقَدَةnoun

1.
large wild-fig treeclassical
A wild-fig tree (ʿawsaj) when it grows large. It is considered the singular form of the collective noun 'gharqad'.
2.
water sourceclassical
A water source belonging to a group of people from the Banu Numayr tribe.

بَقِيعُ الغَرْقَدname

1.
cemetery of Medinaboth
The name of the honored cemetery in Medina, also known as Jannat al-Baqi. It was named so because it was a place where the gharqad shrub grew and was cut.

الغَرْقَدnoun

1.
white of eggsclassical
The white part of eggs, specifically that which is above the yolk.

Parallel reading

الغرقد: شجر عظام من العضاه.

Al-gharqad: large trees from the thorny shrubs.

وقال بعض الرواة: الغرقد من نبات القف

And some narrators said: Al-gharqad is from the plants of the open plains.

أو هي العوسج إذا عظم، واحده غرقدة

Or it is the wild-fig tree when it grows large, its singular is gharqadah.

إذا عظمت العوسجة فهي الغرقدة.

When the wild-fig tree grows large, it is the gharqadah.

إلا الغرقد فإنه من شجر اليهود

Except for the gharqad, for it is from the trees of the Jews.

وهو ضرب من شجر الشوك

And it is a type of thorny tree.

وبقيع الغرقد: اسم مقبرة المدينة المشرفة

And Baqi' al-Gharqad: the name of the honored cemetery of Medina.

سمي به لأنه كان منبتها وقطع.

It was named so because it was a place where it grew and was cut.

ويقيع الغرقد: مقابر بالمدينة

And Yuqi' al-Gharqad: cemeteries in Medina.

وربما قيل له: الغرقد

And sometimes it was called: Al-Gharqad.

لمن الديار غشيتها بالغرقد كالوحي في حجر المسيل المخلد

Whose are the ruins I visited with the gharqad, like inscriptions on a lasting stream bed.

والغرقد بياض البيض الذي فوق المح

And Al-Gharqad is the white of the eggs that is above the yolk.

الغرقدة. ماءة لنفر من بني نمير بن نصر بن قعين.

Al-Gharqadah. A water source for a group from Banu Numayr ibn Nasr ibn Qayyin.