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ح ظ ظ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to substances derived from plants or animals, often with medicinal or bitter properties. It also encompasses concepts of intensity and bitterness.

Derived headwords

الحَظَظnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter plant sapclassical

    A substance obtained from bitter trees, described as a sap or extract.

حَظَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to be bitterclassical

    To possess a bitter quality, referring to substances.

حَظَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter plant sapclassical

    An alternative term for the bitter sap or extract from trees.

حَظَاظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter plant sapclassical

    Another variant term for the bitter sap or extract from trees.

حَظَاظِيadjective
  1. 1.
    bitterclassical

    Possessing the quality of bitterness, derived from plants.

Parallel reading

فهو لم يهمله كما زعم المصنف، فالأولى كتبه بالسواد، وهو دواء يتخذ من أبوال الإبل
He did not neglect it as the author claimed; the first [option] was to write it with black [ink], which is a medicine made from camel urine.
أو الحضض، وهو عصارة الشجر المر
Or al-ḥaẓaẓ, which is the bitter sap of trees.
قال الفراء: الحضظ: والحضظ الحضض
Al-Farra' said: Al-ḥaẓaẓ: and al-ḥaẓaẓ is the al-ḥaẓaẓ.
أرقش ظمآن إذا عض لفظ ... أمر من صبر ومقر وحضظ
A thirsty Arqash, when its tongue bites... is more bitter than صبر (ṣabr) and مقر (maqarr) and ḥaẓaẓ.
فجمع بين الضاد والظاء
And he combined the letter ḍād and ẓāʼ.
وليس في كلام العرب ضاد مع ظاء غير الحضظ
And there is no ḍād with ẓāʼ in the speech of the Arabs except for al-ḥaẓaẓ.