ضرو

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Arabic

Root
ض ر و (ḍ r w)
5 terms

Noun

ضِرْو (ḍirwm (plural أَضْرٍ (ʔaḍrin) or ضِرَاء (ḍirāʔ), plural construct state أَضْرِي (ʔaḍrī), feminine ضِرْوَة (ḍirwa))

  1. hound, hunting dog

Declension

Noun

ضَرْو (ḍarwm

  1. lentisk, mastic shrub (Pistacia lentiscus)
    • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي, edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 172 line 2–3:
      الضَّرْوُ صِمْغُ شَجَرَةٍ تُدْعَى ٱلْكَمْكَامُ يُجْلَبُ مِنَ ٱلْيَمَنِ
      aḍ-ḍarwu ṣimḡu šajaratin tudʕā l-kamkāmu yujlabu mina l-yamani
      The lentisk is a resin of a tree called κάγκαμον (kánkamon) imported from Yemen.
      commented in Seidel, Ernst (1915) “Die Medizin im Kitâb Mafâtîḥ al ʿUlûm”, in Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Sozietät zu Erlangen (in German), volume 47, page 43 Anm. 106
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام, edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة, volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 29, Art. 15, page 383:
      الضَّرْوُ خَمْسَةُ أَنْوَاعٍ مِنْهَا مَا لَهُ وَرَقٌ عَرِيضٌ []
      aḍ-ḍarwu ḵamsatu ʔanwāʕin min-hā mā la-hū waraqun ʕarīḍun []
      The lentisk exists in five kinds, one with broad leaves

Declension

Noun

ضُرُوّ (ḍuruwwm

  1. verbal noun of ضَرَا (ḍarā, to shed blood)

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