زكو

1 زَكَا, aor. ـْ (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. زَكَآءٌ, (S,) or زُكُوٌّ, (Msb, [accord. to which the former seems to be a simple subst.,]) or both, (K, TA,) the latter like عُلُوٌّ, as in the M, but accord. to [some of] the copies of the K زَكْوٌ, (TA,) It increased, or augmented; (S, Msb, K, TA;) it received increase and blessing from God; it throve by the blessing of God; (Er-Rághib, TA;) and produced fruit; (TA in art. زكى;) and زَكِىَ, (K in that art.,) aor. ـْ inf. n. زَكَاةٌ, (TA in that art.,) signifies the same, (K, TA,) mentioned by ISd, on the authority of Lh, as a dial. var. of زَكَا, aor. ـو (TA;) and so ↓ ازكى; (Msb, K;) and ↓ تزكّى: (K in art. زكى:) it is said of seed-produce, (S, Msb, Er-Rághib, TA,) and of wealth, or cattle &c., and of other things: of anything that increases, or augments, one says يَزْكُو, inf. n. زَكَآءٌ. (TA.) [This is the primary meaning: or, accord. to some, the primary meaning is, It was, or became, pure:] some say that the root denotes purity: and some, that it denotes a state of increase, or augmentation. (Mgh.) You say also زَكَتِ الأَرْضُ The land throve, or yielded increase. (Msb.) And زَكَا الغُلَامُ [The boy grew, or throve], inf. n. زُكُوٌّ and زَكَآءٌ, on the authority of Akh. (S.) And زَكَا عَمَلُهُ (assumed tropical:) [His deed, or work, throve]. (K in art. در.) It is said in a trad. of 'Alee, المَالُ تَنْقُصُهُ النَّفَقَةُ وَالعِلْمُ يَزْكُو عَلَى

الإِنْفَاقِ (assumed tropical:) [Wealth, what one expends diminishes it, but knowledge increases by expending]: زَكَآء being thus predicated of knowledge, though this is not a corporeal thing. (TA.) Accord. to El-Umawee, (S,) said of a man, زَكَا, (S, K,) aor. ـْ inf. n. زُكُوٌّ, (S,) means He enjoyed, or led, a plentiful, and a pleasant or an easy, and a soft or delicate, life; (S, K;) was in a state of abundance of the goods, conveniences, or comforts, of life. (S.) And likewise said of a man, (having the same aor. and inf. n., TA,) it means also He was, or became, good, or righteous; (Jel in xxiv. 21, Msb, K, TA;) and pure from sin. (Jel ibid.) [Hence,] هٰذَا الأَمْرُ لَا يَزْكُو بِفُلَانٍ means This thing, or affair, will not be suitable to such a one; will not befit him. (S.) 2 زكّاهُ, inf. n. تَزْكِيَةٌ: see 4. b2: Also He purified him, or it. (Er-Rághib, TA.) Sometimes the agent of the verb in this sense is a man; as in the saying in the Kur [xci. 9], قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا [Verily he prospereth who purifieth it; namely, his soul]: sometimes it is God; as in [the saying in the Kur xxiv. 21,] وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزَكِّى

مَنْ يَشَآءُ [But God purifieth whom He willeth]: and sometimes it is the Prophet; as in the saying [in the Kur ix. 104], خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِمْ بِهَا [Take thou, from their possessions, a poor-rate, whereby thou shalt cleanse them and purify them; where (J says in the S) they say that تُزَكِّيهِمْ means the same as تُطَهِّرُهُمْ]; and in the saying [in the Kur ii. 146], يَتْلُو عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ [Who reciteth to you our signs, and purifieth you]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) b3: [Hence, accord. to what is said in the Kur ix. 104, i. e. because the act which it signifies is believed to purify the performer, or because it is believed to purify, or to occasion an increase of, the rest of his property,] زكّى مَالَهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. as above, (S, Msb,) He gave the زَكَاة [or poorrate] from his property. (S, Mgh.) And زكّاهُ, (S,) or زكّاهُمْ, (Mgh,) He took (S, Mgh) his, (S,) or their, (Mgh,) زَكَاة [or poor-rate]. (S, Mgh.) b4: زَكَّيْتُهُ also signifies I attributed to him زَكَآء, i. e. [purity, or] goodness, or righteousness. (Msb.) [And hence, I praised him.] And زكّى

نَفْسَهُ, (S, Mgh,) inf. n. as above, (S,) He praised himself. (S, Mgh.) The doing this is forbidden in the Kur liii. 33. (Er-Rághib, TA.) Hence, also, تَزْكِيَةُ الشُّهُودِ The pronouncing the witnesses to be veracious, and good, or righteous. (Mgh.) A2: هُوَ يُخَسِّى وَيُزَكِّى He plays, and says, “Is it even or odd [or rather odd or even]?” (TA in art. خسو;) he takes, or holds, something in his hand, and says, “Is it even or odd [or odd or even]?” (TA in the present art.) [See زَكَا below.]4 ازكاهُ He (God) made it to increase, or augment; (S, Msb, K;) [made it to thrive; and put it into a good, or right, state, or condition;] namely, seed-produce, (S, Msb, TA,) and wealth, or cattle &c, and any other thing capable of increase; (TA;) as also ↓ زكّاهُ, (Msb, K, TA,) inf. n. تَزْكِيَةٌ. (TA.) b2: Also He put it into a bag, or some other receptacle; namely, property: thus expl. by Aboo-Moosà. (Nh, TA.) A2: See also 1, first sentence.5 تزكّى: see 1, first sentence. b2: Also He became purified; or he purified himself: (TA:) also pronounced اِزَّكَّى, aor. ـّ (Bd in xxxv. 19.) b3: And He endeavoured to attain much piety; from الزَّكَآءُ. (Bd in lxxxvii. 14.) b4: And He gave the poor-rate. (S.) زَكَا, (S, K, * TA,) without tenween, and accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; and in like manner خَسَا, which is coupled with the former, is without tenween, and accord. to some with tenween, and not having the article ال prefixed to it; (TA;) [but each has ال prefixed to it in the K;] i. q. الشَّفْعُ (S, K) مِنَ العَدَدِ (K) [or شَفْعٌ, as meaning An even number; a number consisting of pairs; or a single pair]: said to be so called because the pair are more, or more perfect, or better, (↓ أَزْكَى,) than is the one. (TA.) You say خَسَا أَوْ زَكَا or خَسًا أَوْ زَكًا [Odd or even?]. (TA.) [See more voce خَسَا.]

زَكَاةٌ. or زَكٰوةٌ, [accord. to El-Hareeree, to be written with ا when prefixed to a pronoun, and also in the dual number, (see De Sacy's Anthol. Gram. Arabe, p. 67 of the Arabic text,) but this rule I have not found to be generally observed, even in the best MSS., nor have I in the similar cases of صَلٰوةٌ and حَيٰوةٌ, (to which it is also applied,) in the best copies of the Kur-án,] of the measure فَعَلَةٌ, [i. e., originally زَكَوَةٌ,] like صَدَقَةٌ [which is one of its syns.]; a noun of the class of homonyms: (IAth, TA:) it signifies Increase, or augmentation, (IAth, Er-Rághib, TA,) as also ↓ زَكَآءٌ [mentioned in the first paragraph as an inf. n.], (Msb,) resulting from the blessing of God; and this is [said to be] the primary meaning; and is considered as relating to the things of the present world and to those of the world to come. (Er-Rághib, TA.) b2: And Purity. (IAth, TA.) And [particularly] The dryness of the earth or ground; which is its purity from defilement. (TA.) b3: And Purification: a meaning which it is said to have in the saying in the Kur [xxiii. 4], وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكٰوةِ فَاعِلُونَ, (IAth, Mgh, Er-Rághib, TA,) i. e. And who are acting in their religious service for God's purification of them; or for their purification of themselves: for لِلزَّكٰوة is not here an objective complement of فَاعِلُونَ; the ل therein denoting the aim and the cause. (Er-Rághib, TA.) b4: Also, [as being a mode of purification of oneself,] Good, or righteous, conduct: and in this sense it has been expl. as used in the Kur xviii. 80: or as meaning goodness, or righteousness: (TA:) which ↓ زَكَآءٌ [also] signifies. (Msb.) And Religious service; as being the means of purification: so [accord. to some] it signifies in the saying [in the Kur xix. 14], وَحَنَانًا مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَزَكٰوةً [And the disposition to mercy, or compassion, from us, and religious service]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or it here means طُهْرَة [i. e. purification, or purity]: and [accord. to some, if we except the instances mentioned above in the next two preceding sentences,] this is the only instance in the Kur-án in which it is used in any other sense than that which next follows. (Kull p. 199.) b5: And [The poor-rate;] the portion, or amount, of property, that is given therefrom, (M, IAth, Mgh, Msb, K, Er-Rághib, TA,) as the due of God, (Er-Rághib, TA,) by its possessor, (M, K, TA,) to the poor, (M, Mgh, Er-Rághib, TA,) in order that he may purify it thereby: (M, IAth, K, TA:) [in the S it is merely said that “ the زَكٰوة of property is well known: ” the giving it is obligatory, provided that the property is of a certain amount, and has been in possession eleven months: the portion given varies according to the nature and amount of the property; but is generally a fortieth part thereof, or of its value; i. e. two and a half per cent.:] it is thus termed [for the reason assigned above; or] as being a cause of the hope of increase, (Msb, Er-Rághib, TA,) or as causing the soul, or person, to thrive, or grow, by means of good things and blessings [procured thereby], or for both of these reasons. (Er-Rághib, TA.) زَكَاةُ الفِطْرِ [The alms of the breaking of the fast, given at the end of Ramadán,] is obligatory upon every person of the Muslims, the free and the slave, the male and the female, the young and the old, the poor and the rich; and purifies the faster from unprofitable and lewd discourse: it consists of a صَاع [q. v.] of dates, or of barley, [or of raisins or some other ordinary kind of food,] or half that quantity of wheat. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer, voce زَكَاة.) [The pl. is زَكَوَاتٌ.] b6: Also, [as being an attribution of purity or goodness or righteousness,] Praise. (IAth, TA.) b7: And The pure, or best, part of a thing: (K, TA:) on the authority of Aboo-'Alee. (TA.) زَكَآءٌ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, K.) See also the next preceding paragraph, in two places. b2: Also [The increase of the earth; or] the fruits caused to come forth by God. (TA.) زَكِىٌّ i. q. ↓ زَاكٍ, (Akh, S,) which signifies Increasing [&c., as act part. n. of زَكَا, q. v.]: (Ham p. 722:) [and growing, or thriving]: applied in this sense to a boy. (Akh, S.) b2: غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا in the Kur xix. 19 means [A boy] pure from sins: or growing, or increasing, in goodness and righteousness: (Bd:) or purified by nature: or such as shall in the future become purified. (TA.) and نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً in the Kur xviii. 73 means [A soul, or person,] pure from sins: some read ↓ زَاكِيَةً; but the former is more forcible: [or,] accord. to AA, ↓ the latter means that has never sinned: and the former, that has sinned and then been forgiven. (Bd.) [Or] رَجُلٌ زَكِىٌّ signifies A good, or righteous, man: and the pl. is أَزْكِيَآءُ. (Msb, K, * TA.) And also A man enjoying, or leading, a plentiful, and a pleasant or an easy, and a soft or delicate, life: pl. as above. (K, TA.) b3: and أَرْضٌ زَكِيَّةٌ Good, fat land. (TA in art زكى.) زَكَوِىٌّ [generally meaning Of, or relating to, the poor-rate] is the rel. n. of زَكَاةٌ; like as حَصَوِىٌّ is that of حَصَاةٌ; because the rel. n. reduces the word to its original form: زَكَائِىٌّ is vulgar and wrong. (Msb.) زَاكٍ, and its fem. زَاكِيَةٌ: see زَكِىٌّ, in three places.

أَزْكَى More, or most, profitable: (Bd in ii. 232:) or better, or best: (Jel ibid:) more, or most, pure: (Bd in xxiv. 28:) more, or most, lawful, (Bd and Jel in xviii. 18,) and good, or pleasant: or more, or most, abundant and cheap. (Bd ibid.) See also زَكَا as a noun.

(ح ي ي) : (حَيِيَ) حَيَاةً فَهُوَ حَيٌّ (وَبِهِ سُمِّيَ) جَدُّ جَدِّ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ حَيٍّ (وَبِتَصْغِيرِهِ) سُمِّيَ حُيَيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَعَافِرِيُّ (وَبِتَأْنِيثِهِ) عَلَى قَلْبِ الْيَاءِ وَاوًا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ (وَاسْتَحْيَاهُ) تَرَكَهُ حَيًّا وَمِنْهُ) «وَاسْتَحْيَوْا شَرْخَهُمْ» وَحَيَاةُ الشَّمْسِ بَقَاءُ ضَوْئِهَا وَبَيَاضِهَا وَقِيلَ بَقَاءُ حَرِّهَا وَقُوَّتِهَا وَالْأَوَّلُ أَظْهَرُ يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ الْعُرْفُ وَقَوْلُ ذِي الرُّمَّةِ يَصِفُ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ
فَلَمَّا اسْتَبَانَ اللَّيْلُ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ ... حَيَاةَ الَّتِي تَقْضِي حُشَاشَةَ نَازِعِ
أَلَا تَرَى كَيْفَ شَبَّهَ حَالَةَ الشَّمْسِ بَعْدَمَا دَنَتْ لِلْمَغِيبِ بِحَالِ نَفْسٍ شَارَفَتْ أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَهِيَ كَأَنَّهَا تَقْضِي دَيْنَ الْحَيَاةِ وَتُؤَدِّي مَا عِنْدَهَا مِنْ وَدِيعَةِ الرَّمَقِ بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَكَرَ مُشَافَهَةَ طَلَائِعِ اللَّيْلِ وَمُشَاهَدَةَ أَوَائِلِهِ فَأَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْحَالَةُ مِنْ بَقَاءِ قُوَّتِهَا وَحَرَارَتِهَا (وَحَيِيَ) مِنْهُ حَيَاءً بِمَعْنَى اسْتَحَيَا فَهُوَ حَيِيٌّ (وَقَوْلُ) ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - حَيٌّ أَيْ يُعَامَلُ مُعَامَلَةَ مَنْ لَهُ حَيَاءٌ لِأَنَّ حَقِيقَةَ الْحَيَاءِ انْكِسَارٌ وَآفَةٌ تُصِيبُ الْحَيَاةَ وَذَلِكَ لَا يَصِحُّ فِيهِ تَعَالَى (وَحَيَّاهُ) بِمَعْنَى أَحْيَاهُ تَحِيَّةً كبقاه بِمَعْنَى أَبْقَاهُ تَبْقِيَةً هَذَا أَصْلُهَا ثُمَّ سُمِّيَ مَا يُحَيَّا بِهِ مِنْ سَلَامٍ وَنَحْوِهِ تَحِيَّةً (قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى) {تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلامٌ} [الأحزاب: 44] فَإِذَا جُمِعَتْ فَقِيلَ وَتَحَايَا وَتَحَايَلُوا وَحَقِيقَتُهُ حَيَّيْتُ فُلَانًا قَلْتُ لَهُ حَيَّاك اللَّهُ أَيْ عَمَّرَك اللَّهُ وَأَحْيَاك وَأَطَالَ حَيَاتَك كَقَوْلِهِمْ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيُّ إذَا دَعَا لَهُ وَمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ لَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْك وَمَنْ فَسَّرَ التَّحِيَّةَ فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى {وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُمْ بِتَحِيَّةٍ} [النساء: 86] بِالْعَطِيَّةِ فَقَدْ سَهَا وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ ادَّعَى أَنَّ حَقِيقَتَهَا الْمُلْكُ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ مَجَازٌ وَذَاكَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانُوا يُحَيُّونَ الْمُلُوكَ بِقَوْلِهِمْ أَبَيْتَ اللَّعْنَ وَلَا يُخَاطِبُونَ بِهِ غَيْرَهُمْ حَتَّى إنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ إذَا تَوَلَّى الْإِمَارَةَ وَالْمُلْكَ قِيلَ لَهُ فُلَانٌ نَالَ التَّحِيَّة (وَمِنْهُ) بَيْتُ الْإِصْلَاحِ
وَلِكُلِّ مَا نَالَ الْفَتَى ... قَدْ نِلْتُهُ إلَّا التَّحِيَّةَ
أَيْ إلَّا الْمِلْكَ وَأَمَّا التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ فَمَعْنَاهَا أَنَّ كَلِمَاتِ التَّحَايَا وَالْأَدْعِيَةِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى وَفِي مَلَكَتِهِ لَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّةٌ لَهُ وَتَسْلِيمٌ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مَنْهِيٌّ عَنْهُ عَلَى مَا قَرَأْتُ «أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ كُنَّا إذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قُلْنَا السَّلَامُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ السَّلَامُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَقَالَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - لَا تَقُولُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ» إلَى آخِرِ الْحَدِيثِ وَحَيَّ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ الْأَفْعَالِ (وَمِنْهُ) حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ أَيْ هَلُمَّ وَعَجِّلْ إلَى الْفَوْزِ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.

شكّ: شكّ في: ارتاب (بوشر، معجم الطرائف) ويقال أيضاً شك ب (دَي ساسي طرائف 2: 84).
شكّ على: التبس (هلو).
شكَّفي: أزمع، عزم على، صمَم على (ابن بطوطة 1: 351) شكَ: جهز الحصن بأدوات الحرب، ووضع فيه حامية.
(معجم البيان، معجم مسلم) وفي حيان (ص70 و): شك الحصن أشد الشوكة.
شكَ: أجرى النهر، يقال: شك الله النهر (عباد 1: 308).
شك الخرز عند العامة: نظمه (محيط المحيط).
شكَ: نخس (همبرت ص71).
شك الحصان: نخسه عند تنعيله (بوشر).
شك شحما في: وضع فيه شحم الخنزير (بوشر).
شك في السيخ: غرز اللحم في السيخ (بوشر).
شك: مصّ، امتص (فوك).
شكَّك: أوقعه في الشك (ألكالا).
شكَّك عليه شيئاً: أنتقده عليه (أبو الوليد ص367، 392، 414، 571، 578، 599، 623).
شكَّك: لم يتضح لي معنى هذا الفعل في بسّام (2: 113 ق): وابن عمّار يبكي ويضحك، ويشكو فيشكّك.
تشكّك: اغتنم، اغتاظ، حنق، غضب (بوشر).
تشكّك: احتار، تحيّر (بوشر).
انشك: اعتز، افتخر، تباهى، ومطاوع شك (بوشر).
انشك: انطعن (بوشر).
انشك في: انغرز في (بوشر).
انشك: مَصّ، ارتشف (فوك).
شَكّ: كلمة تعبر عن الدوي الذي يحدثه من يرمى نفسه بالماء للسباحة (ألف برسل 1: 161، 163) شكّ: حسد، غيرة (هلو).
شكَ وجمعها شكوك: حيرة، تشكك (بوشر).
حجر الشكوك: حجر عثرة، حجر زلة، ما يعثر به (بوشر). شك: أمت، تعرج بارتفاع وانخفاض (بوشر).
شك التِبْغ: عند العامة ما نظم من أوراقه في خيط (محيط المحيط).
شك فلك: حاجز شائك (بوشر).
غرزة، وخزة، لدغــة (بوشر، همبرت ص71).
شكّة بالخنجر: ضربة بالخنجر (همبرت ص134).
شكْة: ثقب في الحزام حيث يدخل لسان الإبزيم (بوشر).
شكْة: عند العامة الوجع الناخس كما في ذات الجنب ونحوها (محيط المحيط).
شكْة: قول لاذع، قوارص الكلام (بوشر).
شكّة: عند بعض العامة عصابة تشك بها الدنانير وهي المعروفة عند الأكثرين بالصّفية، وعند أهل دمشق بالشاطح (محيط المحيط). انظر صفّية.
شْكَّة: درع، زرد (بوشر).
شِكَّة: زرد، ففي تاريخ البربر (2: 293): فتظاهروا في دروعهم واسبغوا من سكتهم، والصواب من شِكَّتهم كما في مخطوطتنا.
مشَكِى: ارتياب، مشكوك فيه (بوشر).
شَكِيّ: مريب (بوشر).
شكيات: قطع صغيرة من القطن تستعمل نقوداً في السودان (البكري ص173) حيث يعلق دي سلان قائلاً: ((ونسيج كاليكوت لا يزال يسمى chiggue في بعض بلاد السود. انظر بارت (4: 443) طبعة أنجل)). (فيه النص الألماني (4: 452) في الآخر، 5: 30).
شكك: بيع بالمفرد، ارتياب (بوشر).
شكك: تشكك، حيرة، وسواس (بوشر).
شكُك: ديناً، لأجل (بوشر).
شَكِيك: متردد، لا يثبت على رأي (هلو).
شاكّ. زيد الشاكَّ: تضاف التكملة. (دي سلان المقدمة 2: 150).
شاكَّة: ضبابة. هذا إذا كانت الكلمة التي ذكرها الكالا وهي chi cachi تكتب بالعربية كما كتبناها إذ أنها تلفظ كذلك على طريقة أهل غرناطة. وهو يذكر: توجد ضبابة: a chiqua (chica) ويترجمها ب ((الشاكة هي، الشاكة كانت)).
مشك اللحم: سفود مجوف لتتبيل اللحم بشحم الخنزير. (بوشر).
مشكَّك: شائك، مشوّك (بوشر).
مشكَّك: غامض، مبهم (بوشر).
مِشْكاك (عند بعض العامة): ما نظم من أوراق التبغ في خيط (محيط المحيط).
مشكوك: ظنين، مشبوه، مشتبه به (هلو).

حنظل

Q. 1 حَنْظَلَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree became bitter in its fruit [like the حَنْظَل]. (AHei, TA.) حَنْظَلٌ [The colocynth; cucumis colocynthis;] a certain bitter plant; (Msb;) [and its fruit;] well known; (K;) i. q. شَرْىٌ: (S:) n. un. with ة: (S, Msb, K: *) [accord. to Freytag (who refers to Avic. p. 175, and Sprengel. hist. rei herb. vol. i. p. 269,) applied also to the momordica elaterium, or cucumis prophetarum:] there is a male species, and a female; the former fibrous; the latter soft, or easily broken, white, and easy to swallow: (TA:) the choice sort of it is the yellow; (K;) or, accord. to the “ Kánoon ” of the Ra-ees [Ibn-Seenà, from which the description of its properties and uses, in the K and TA, is, with some slight variations, taken], the white, very white, and soft; for the black and the hard are bad, and it is not plucked until it becomes yellow, and the greenness has completely gone from it; (TA:) its pulp attenuates the thick phlegmatic humour that flows upon the joints (K, TA) and tendons, (TA,) when swallowed (K, TA) in the dose of of twelve keeráts, (TA,) or used in the manner of a cluster: it is beneficial for melancholy, and epilepsy, and the [sort of doting termed] وَسْوَاس, and alopecia (دَآء الثَّعْلَب), and elephantiasis (الجُذَام), (K, TA,) and [the disease of the tumid leg, termed] دَآء الفِيل; for these three used by rubbing; and for the cold نِقْرِس [i. e. arthritis, or gout], (TA,) and for the bite of vipers, and the sting of scorpions, especially its root; (K, TA;) for this last being the most beneficial of medicines; a drachm of its root, administered to an Arab stung by a scorpion in four places, being said to have cured him on the spot: that which is plucked green relaxes [the bowels] excessively, and produces excessive vomiting: so in the “ Kánoon: ” (TA:) it is also beneficial for the tooth-ache, by fumigating with its seeds; and for killing fleas, by sprinkling what is cooked thereof; and for the sciatica, by rubbing with what is green thereof: (K, TA:) its root is cooked with vinegar, and one rinses the mouth with it for the tooth-ache; and the vinegar is cooked in it in hot ashes: when cooked in olive-oil, that oil, being dropped [into the ear-hole], is beneficial for ringing in the ears: it is beneficial also for the moist and flatulent colic: and sometimes it attenuates the blood: administered as a suppository in the vagina, it kills the fœtus: (TA:) when the plant bears a single fruit, this is very deadly. (K, TA.) [See also هَبِيدٌ.] Accord. to [many of] the leading authorities among the Arabs, (TA,) the ن in this word is augmentative; (Msb, TA;) because of their saying, حَظِلَ البَعِيرُ, meaning “ the camel became sick from eating حَنْظَل; ” and J and Sgh [and Fei and others] have mentioned it in art. حظل: but ISd says that this is not an evidence of its being radically triliteral; and that حَظِلَ is like ضَغْبَةٌ (as an epithet applied to a woman) from الضَّغَابِيسُ, which must be acknowledged to be radically quadriliteral. (TA.)