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نرجل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the coconut palm and its fruit, the coconut. It details the plant's characteristics, its fruit's properties, and medicinal uses, distinguishing between the common coconut and a marine variety.

Derived headwords

النارجيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Coconutboth

    The fruit of the coconut palm, known for its hard shell, white flesh, and water.

نارجيلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Coconut (singular)both

    A single unit of the coconut fruit.

الإطراقnoun
  1. 1.
    Coconut milkboth

    The liquid found inside a coconut, often referred to as coconut water or milk.

نارجيل البحرnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea coconutclassical

    A marine plant or fruit resembling a coconut, found on islands and in the sea, with various medicinal properties.

Parallel reading

النارجيل، بفتح الراء، أهمله الجوهري، وهو جوز الهند، واحدته بهاء، وقد يهمز، نقله الليث، قال: وعامة أهل اليمن لا يهمزون
The nargil, with a fatha on the ra, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and it is the coconut, its singular is bahā', and it may be hamzated; Al-Layth transmitted it, saying: the majority of the people of Yemen do not hamzate it.
قال أبو حنيفة: أخبرني الخبير أن نخلته طويلة مثل النخلة سواء إلا أنها لا تكون غلباء، تميد بمرتقيها حتى تدنيه من الأرض لينا
Abu Hanifa said: An expert informed me that its palm tree is tall, like the palm tree, except that it is not sturdy; it sways with its climber until it brings him close to the ground gently.
ويكون في القنو الكريم منها ثلاثون نارجيلة
And in its noble cluster, there may be thirty coconuts.
ولها لبن يسمى الإطراق وقد ذكر في حرف القاف
And it has a liquid called al-itrāq, and it has been mentioned under the letter qaf.
قالوا: وخاصية الزنخ منها إسهال الديدان
They said: And the property of its rancidity is to expel worms.
والطري باهي جدا كيف استعمل خاصة باللبن
And the fresh one is very aphrodisiac, however it is used, especially with the milk.
وهناك شيء على هيئة هذا النارجيل ينبت في الشعوب والجزائر في البحر يعرف بنارجيل البحر
And there is something in the form of this coconut that grows on reefs and islands in the sea, known as the sea coconut.
ذكر له خواص كثيرة، منها: تخليص المفلوج، وتحريك الباه
Many properties are mentioned for it, including: relieving paralysis, and stimulating sexual desire.
والمثقال منه بنصف دينار في مصر القاهرة حرسها الله تعالى
And a mithqal of it is half a dinar in Cairo, may God protect it.