لفاح

Arabic

Etymology

Blend of لُوف (lūf) + تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ).

Noun

لُفَّاح or لُفَاح • (luffāḥ or lufāḥ) m

  1. mandrake (Mandragora gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: يَبْرُوح (yabrūḥ), تُفَّاح الْجِنّ (tuffāḥ al-jinn), تُفَّاح الْمَجَانِين (tuffāḥ al-majānīn), بَيْض الْجِنّ (bayḍ al-jinn)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “لفاح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 116
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