بلبس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a place name in Egypt, 'Bilbays', and its etymology. It also mentions a plant, 'bulbus', which is a type of wild onion.

Derived headwords

بِلْبَيْسname

1.
Place name in Egyptboth
A city located in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt, approximately ten parasangs (or two stages) from Cairo. It is named after 'Abs bin Baghid.

بُلْبُوسnoun

1.
Wild onionclassical
A plant identified as the wild onion (bصل الرند), whose leaves resemble those of rue.

Parallel reading

بلبيس، أهمله الجوهري، وضبطه الصاغاني كغرنيق، ونسبه بعضهم للعامة، وقد يفتح أوله

Bilbays, it was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and Al-Sagani vocalized it like 'ghirnaq', and some attributed it to common usage, and its first letter may be opened.

وهذا قد صححه بعضهم: د، بمصر بالشرقية على عشرة فراسخ منها، كما في العباب، أو على مرحلتين منها

And this has been corrected by some: D, in Egypt in the Sharqia region, ten parasangs from it, as in Al-Abab, or two stages from it.

نزله عبس بن بغيض

It was settled by 'Abs bin Baghid.

ينسب إليه جماعة من أهل العلم والحديث

A group of scholars and hadith narrators are attributed to it.

ومن المتأخرين المحب محمد بن علي بن أحمد بن عثمان الشافعي إمام الجامع الأزهر، كأبيه وجده، لازم مجلس الحافظ ابن حجر ومات سنة ناب ابنه يحيى محله

And among the later scholars is Al-Muhibb Muhammad bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Uthman Al-Shafi'i, the Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, like his father and grandfather, he attended the sessions of Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar and died in the year his son Yahya succeeded him.

ومما يستدرك عليه: بلبوس، بالفتح: هو بصل الرند، يشبه ورقه ورق السذاب، ذكره صاحب المنهاج

And among what is to be added to it: Bulbus, with the fatha: it is the wild onion, its leaves resemble the leaves of rue, mentioned by the author of Al-Minhaj.