شب الليل

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Arabic

شَبّ الْلَيْل
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Pronunciation

Noun

شَبّ اللَيْل (šabb al-laylm

  1. marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa)
    • 1841, محمد بن عمر بن سليمان التونسي (1789–1857), الدر اللامع في النبات وما فيه من الخواص والمنافع [al-durr al-lāmiʿ fī nabāt wa mā fīhi mina l-ḵawāṣṣ wa l-manāfiʿ], Cairo, page 81:
      وزهر الغاسول يتبسم قبيل الغروب ومعه، وزهر شب الليل يتبسم في أول ساعة من المساء ويبقي كذلك مدة ساعتين، وزهر نبات ست الحسن يتبسم في الساعة الرابعة من الليل ويدوم تبسمه إلى عاشر ساعة منه
      And the soapwort flowers go asunder shortly before sunset and together with it, and the four o'clock flower in the first hour of the evening and stays so for two hours, and the flower of the belladonna opens its lips in the fourth hour of the night and abides by it until the tenth hour thereof.

Declension