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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to old, dried, and blackened plants, particularly a type of weed. It also seems to have variations in dialectal usage.

Derived headwords

الدندمnoun
  1. 1.
    old blackened plantclassical

    An old, dried, and blackened plant. This term is mentioned as being neglected by Al-Jawhari.

الدندنnoun
  1. 1.
    old blackened plantclassical

    An old, dried, and blackened plant, used in the dialect of the Asad tribe. It is also described as dried, blackened, and broken.

  2. 2.
    dried weedclassical

    A type of dried weed, specifically 'al-Saliyan', in the dialect of Tamim.

Parallel reading

الدندم، كزبرج أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Dandm, like Zubraj, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وفي المحكم: (النبت القديم المسود)، كالدندن بلغة أسد.
And in Al-Muhkam: (the old blackened plant), like Al-Dandan in the dialect of Asad.
ولولا أنه قال: بلغة أسد، لجعلت ميم الدندم بدلا من نون الدندن.
And if he had not said: 'in the dialect of Asad', I would have considered the 'mim' of Al-Dandm to be a substitute for the 'nun' of Al-Dandan.
والذي وجدته في كتاب النبات له ما نصه: الدندن: الصليان المحيل بلغة تميم.
And what I found in his Book of Plants is its text: Al-Dandan: the dried Saliyan in the dialect of Tamim.
وبلغة أسد بميم، وقيل: الدندن: اليبيس المسود المتكسر فتأمل.
And in the dialect of Asad with a 'mim', and it was said: Al-Dandan: the dried, blackened, and broken [plant], so ponder.