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ح م ظ ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific plant, the colocynth, and its fruit. It discusses the naming of this plant and its fruit, with some debate on the etymology of the terms.

Derived headwords

الحمظلnoun
  1. 1.
    Colocynth plantclassical

    The colocynth plant, a type of bitter gourd.

الحنظلnoun
  1. 1.
    Colocynth fruitclassical

    The fruit of the colocynth plant, known for its bitterness.

حمظلverb
  1. 1.
    to bear colocynthclassical

    To produce or bear the fruit of the colocynth plant.

Parallel reading

الحمظل أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني
Al-Hamẓal was neglected by Al-Jawhari and Al-Ṣāghānī.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو الحنظل
And Ibn Al-Aʻrābī said: it is Al-Ḥanẓal.
وحمظل إذا جنى الحمظل
And he said 'ḥamẓala' if he harvested the colocynth.
أورده الصاغاني هكذا في العباب في ح ظ ل
Al-Ṣāghānī mentioned it thus in Al-ʻUbāb under (ḥ-ẓ-l).
وكذا أبو حيان في الارتضاء
And so did Abu Hayyan in Al-Irtidāʼ.
على أن الميم والنون من الحمظل والحنظل زائدتان
On the basis that the 'mīm' and 'nūn' in Al-Ḥamẓal and Al-Ḥanẓal are augmentative.
وفيه اختلاف يأتى ذكره فيما بعد
And there is a disagreement about it, the mention of which will come later.