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سغن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of bad or corrupt food, with variations in pronunciation and usage noted. It is primarily discussed in classical Arabic dictionaries.

Derived headwords

الأسفانnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad foodclassical

    This term, noted as possibly having a pronunciation error in some manuscripts, refers to bad or corrupt food.

الأسغانnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad foodclassical

    This is presented as the correct pronunciation of the term for bad or corrupt food, as opposed to 'al-isfān'.

الأغذية الرديةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad foodsclassical

    This phrase is given as an explanation or synonym for 'al-asghān', referring to foods that are of poor quality or spoiled.

Parallel reading

وهو هكذا بالفاء في النسخ، والصواب: الأسغان بالغين المعجمة.
And it is thus with a 'fa' in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is: 'al-asghān' with a voiced 'ghayn'.
قال ابن العربي: هي (الأغذية الردية).
Ibn al-Arabi said: It means (bad foods).
ويقال باللام أيضا كما في التهذيب، وتقدم له ذكر في اللام.
And it is also said with a 'lam' as in al-Tahdhib, and it was previously mentioned under 'lam'.