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غ ر ن ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very rare and possibly obscure, primarily associated with a specific plant, possibly jasmine or reeds. Its usage is limited to classical texts and botanical references.

Derived headwords

الغُرُنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Jasmineclassical

    A plant, identified as jasmine, mentioned by Abu Hanifa in his book on plants.

  2. 2.
    Reedsclassical

    Possibly a variant or misspelling of 'ghurayf', which refers to reeds.

غُرُنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Jasmineclassical

    The plant identified as jasmine.

  2. 2.
    Reedsclassical

    Possibly a variant or misspelling of 'ghurayf', referring to reeds.

Parallel reading

كزبرج، وقبل الفاء نون أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني في العباب، وأورده في التكملة كصاحب اللسان عن أبي حنيفة في كتاب النبات
It is like 'kuzbaraj', but with a noon before the fa. Al-Jawhari and Al-Sagani neglected it in Al-'Ubab, but Al-Sagani mentioned it in Al-Takmila, like the author of Al-Lisan, from Abu Hanifa in his Book of Plants.
قال: هو الياسمون، وليس بتصحيف غريف كحذيم، وهو البردي على ما سيأتي
He said: It is jasmine, and it is not a misspelling of 'ghurayf' like 'hudhaym', which is reeds, as will be mentioned later.
وزعم بعض الرواة أنضه بالوجهين روى بيت حاتم وهو قوله:
Some narrators claimed it has both meanings, and narrated a verse by Hatim, which is his saying:
رواء يسيل الماء تحت أصوله ... يميل به غيل بأدناه غرنف
A beautiful sight, water flows beneath its roots... a stream makes it sway with its lower part, 'ghurnaf'.
قال الصاغاني: ولم أجده في شعر حاتم.
Al-Sagani said: And I did not find it in the poetry of Hatim.