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س ر ب ط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to descriptions of elongated or slender things, particularly in the context of produce like melons. It also touches upon the idea of being bound or tied.

Derived headwords

المسربطةadjective
  1. 1.
    elongated melonclassical

    A type of melon that is slender and long.

سربطتverb
  1. 1.
    to be elongatedclassical

    To become long and slender, specifically used in reference to melons.

Parallel reading

المسربطة من البطيخ، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان، وأورده الصاغاني في العباب نقلا عن ابن عباد.
Al-musarbaṭah of melons, neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan, and mentioned by Al-Saghani in Al-Abab quoting Ibn 'Abbad.
قال: هي الدقيقة الطويلة.
He said: It is the thin and long one.
وقد سربطت، بالضم، طولا
And it became elongated, with the dammah, in length.
قلت: والحرف منحوت من: سبط وربط، أو من: سرب وربط، أو من: سرط وسرب.
I say: And the word is an amalgamation from: sabṭ and rabṭ, or from: saraba and rabṭ, or from: saraṭa and saraba.
فتأمل.
So ponder.