هزنع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to a specific type of plant, possibly resembling a truffle or a similar underground growth. There is significant scholarly disagreement regarding its precise spelling and botanical classification.

Derived headwords

الهزنوعnoun

1.
plant typeclassical
A type of plant, described as resembling the ṭarṯūṯ (a type of truffle or fungus).

Parallel reading

الهزنوع، بالزاي، كعصفور، أهمله الجوهري

Al-haznūʿ, with a zāy, like ʿaṣfūr, was neglected by Al-Jawharī.

وقال الأزهري: هو أصل نبات يشبه الطرثوث

And Al-Azhari said: it is the root of a plant resembling the ṭarṯūṯ.

أو الصواب بالراء، كما تقدم

Or the correct reading is with a rāʾ, as previously mentioned.

أو بالغين المعجمة مع الزاي

Or with a ghayn with dots (ghayn) along with the zāy.

وهذا قول الليث

And this is the opinion of Al-Layth.

ولأجل هذا الاختلاف يذكره المصنف أيضا في حرف الغين كما سيأتي

And because of this disagreement, the author also mentions it under the letter Ghayn, as will be seen later.