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ب ل س ك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of tenacious plant that clings to clothing. It also includes a poetic usage referring to something that adheres closely to a person.

Derived headwords

البَلَسْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    clinging plantclassical

    A type of plant that attaches itself to clothing and is difficult to remove.

البُلْسُكاءnoun
  1. 1.
    clinging plantclassical

    An alternative pronunciation or spelling of the clinging plant, also described as tenacious.

Parallel reading

وهو نبت ينشب في الثياب فلا يكاد يفارقها ويتخلص منها
It is a plant that clings to clothes and can hardly be separated from them or gotten rid of.
نسمي هذا النبت هكذا بتهامة
We call this plant thus in Tihamah.
فكتبه أبو العميثل، وجعله بنتا من الشعر ليحفظه
Abu al-Qasim wrote it down and made it a line of poetry to memorize it.
تخبرنا بأنك أحوزي وأنت البلسكاء بنا لصوقا
You inform us that you are a hunter, yet you are clinging to us like the Baleska'.