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فجن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific plant, rue, and potentially a habit of persistent eating. The primary derived term refers to the plant itself.

Derived headwords

الفِجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Rue (plant)both

    A plant, identified as rue (Sadhāb), also known as 'al-fayḥal'.

أفْجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    Persist in eatingclassical

    To persist or continue in eating something.

Parallel reading

الفِجْن، كحيدر: السذاب؛ كالفيحل.
Al-fijn, like Haydar: Rue; like al-fayḥal.
قال ابن دريد: ولا أحسبها عربية صحيحة.
Ibn Durayd said: And I do not consider it to be a correct Arabic word.
أفجن الرجل: إذا داوم على أكله.
A man 'afjana: if he persisted in eating it.