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فوو

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a red plant used for dyeing and medicinal purposes. It also extends to describe things dyed with this plant and a location in Egypt.

Derived headwords

الفُوَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    madder rootboth

    Roots used for dyeing, described as red, thin, and having red seeds.

  2. 2.
    medicinal plantclassical

    A plant used as a medicine to induce abortion, act as a diuretic, and treat skin conditions like ringworm and white leprosy.

مُفَوَّىadjective
  1. 1.
    dyed with madderboth

    A garment dyed with the madder plant.

مَفْوَاةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in madderclassical

    Land that is rich in the madder plant.

  2. 2.
    having madderclassical

    Land that possesses the madder plant.

فُوَّةname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A location in Egypt near Rashid (Rosetta).

Parallel reading

عروق يصبغ بها
Roots used for dyeing.
هي عروق حمر دقاق، لها نبات يسمو في رأسه حب أحمر شديد الحمرة كثير الماء يكتب بمائه وينقش
They are thin red roots, with a plant that grows a seed on its head, intensely red and watery, whose water can be used for writing and engraving.
جرت بها الريح أذيالا مظاهرة كما تجر ثياب الفوة العرس
The wind dragged along trailing garments like the garments of a bride dyed with madder.
هو دواء مسقط للأجنة
It is a medicine that causes abortion of fetuses.
مدر للبول والطمث
A diuretic for urine and menstruation.
ينقي الجلد من كل أثر كالقوباء والبهق الأبيض
It purifies the skin from all blemishes like ringworm and white leprosy.
وثوب مفوى، كمعظم: صبغ بها
And a garment 'mufawwan', like 'mu'azzam': dyed with it.
وأرض مفواة: كثيرتها
And land 'mafwatun': abundant in it (madder).
أو ذات فوة
Or possessing madder.
فوة، بلا لام: بمصر قرب رشيد
Fuwah, without the 'lam': in Egypt near Rashid.
وقد دخلته وألفت
And I have entered it and become familiar with it.