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ثعو

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of date or unripe date, possibly with a focus on its size or texture. It is also suggested to be a variant pronunciation of another word.

Derived headwords

الثعوnoun
  1. 1.
    type of dateclassical

    A type of date, or a large date, or a soft unripe date (busr).

المعوnoun
  1. 1.
    variant pronunciationclassical

    This is the word for which 'al-tha'wu' is considered a linguistic variant.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال أبو حنيفة: (ضرب من التمر أو ما عظم منه، أو ما لان من البسر)
And Abu Hanifa said: (A type of date, or what is large of it, or what is soft of the unripe date).
قيل: هو (لغة في المعو)
It was said: It is (a variant pronunciation of al-ma'wu).
قال ابن سيده: وهو الأعرف
Ibn Sidah said: And it is the more known.