جلدس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific type of fig tree and its fruit, as well as a proper name. The derived terms describe the characteristics of this fig and its cultivation, and one instance refers to a man's name.

Derived headwords

جلداسname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, mentioned in a poetic context.

عجل لنا طعامنا يا جلداس ... على الطعام يقتل الناس الناس — Hasten our food for us, O Jaldās... on food, people kill people.

الجلداسيadjective

1.
a type of figclassical
Referring to a specific variety of fig tree and its fruit, described as the best type, which is black but not intensely so, elongated, and known for its sweetness that can be intoxicating.

الجلداسي من التين: أجوده — The Jaldāsī of figs: its finest.

Parallel reading

جلداس، بالكسر: اسم رجل

Jaldās, with a kasra: a man's name.

عجل لنا طعامنا يا جلداس ... على الطعام يقتل الناس الناس.

Hasten our food for us, O Jaldās... on food, people kill people.

وقال أبو حنيفة رحمه الله: الجلداسي من التين: أجوده

And Abū Ḥanīfah, may God have mercy on him, said: The Jaldāsī of figs is its finest.

يغرسونه غرسا

They plant it by cuttings.

وهو تين أسود، وليس بالحالك، فيه طول

It is a black fig, not intensely black, with length.

وإذا بلغ انقلع بأذنابه

And when it ripens, it detaches with its tails.

وبطونه بيض

And its insides are white.

وهو أصل تين الدنيا

And it is the origin of the world's figs.

وإذا امتلأ منه الآكل أسكره

And when the eater fills himself with it, it intoxicates him.

وقل من يكثر من أكله على الريق لشدة حلاوته.

And few consume much of it on an empty stomach due to its intense sweetness.