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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a substance resembling blood that emerges from certain trees, specifically the 'samar' and 'araz' trees. It is described as a medicinal substance, comparable to mummy, and is found in the mountains of Beirut. The entry also clarifies potential confusion with a similar substance called 'hithal'.

Derived headwords

الدودمnoun
  1. 1.
    Tree sap resembling bloodboth

    A substance that emerges from the 'samar' tree, resembling blood. It is also said to emerge from the 'araz' tree and is used similarly to mummy.

حاضتverb
  1. 1.
    To exude sapclassical

    Said of the 'samar' tree when the substance 'dudam' emerges from it.

حاضت السمرة إذا خرج ذلك منها — The samar tree is said to have exuded sap when that substance emerged from it.
الحذالnoun
  1. 1.
    A different tree substanceclassical

    A substance distinct from 'dudam' but resembling it. It is edible and known to those who recognize it.

دودماnoun
  1. 1.
    Dudam (mistakenly)classical

    A term used to refer to the substance 'hithal', mistakenly identified as 'dudam'.

Parallel reading

الدودم كعلبط وعلابط
Al-dudam is like 'al-'albat and 'al-'abitat.
هو شيء كالدم يخرج من السمر
It is a substance like blood that emerges from the samar tree.
هو الحذال
It is the hithal.
يقال: قد حاضت السمرة إذا خرج ذلك منها
It is said: The samar tree has exuded sap when that substance emerged from it.
أو يخرج من شجر العرز يستعمل فيما تستعمل فيه الموميا
Or it emerges from the 'araz' tree and is used in the same way as mummy.
مجرب
It is tried and tested.
وأكثر ما يكون بجبل بيروت من الشام
And it is most common in the mountains of Beirut in the Levant.
الحذال: شيء آخر غير الدودم يشبهه
The hithal: another substance, different from al-dudam, which it resembles.
يأكله من يعرفه ومن لا يعرفه، يظنه دودما
He eats it, he who knows it and he who does not know it, thinking it is dudam.
وذكره في دوم وهم
And he mentioned it under the root 'dawm', mistaken.