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غ ض ر س

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the quality of being cold and sweet, specifically in reference to water or a mouth. It is a rare root with limited attestations.

Derived headwords

غضارسadjective
  1. 1.
    cold and sweetclassical

    Describing water or a mouth as being cold and sweet, implying freshness and pleasantness.

Parallel reading

هو لغة في العين
it is a dialectal variant for 'al-'ayn (the eye/spring).
يقال: ثغر عضارس وغضارس، أي بارد عذب
It is said: 'a mouth that is 'adars and ghadars, meaning cold and sweet.
(ممكورة غرثى الوشاح السالس ... تضحك عن ذي أشر غضارس)
(A woman with a hungry sash, smooth... laughing with a mouth that is cold and sweet).
كذا نقله صاحب اللسان
Thus it was transmitted by the author of al-Lisan.