حَمْضٌ
Root: حمض
Full Definition
حَمْضٌ
[a coll. gen. n.] A kind of plant in which is saltness, which camels eat as though it were fruit, and after which they drink: other plants are termed خُلَّة: or what is salt and bitter, of plants; such as the
رِمْث
and the
أَثْل
and the
طَرْفَآء
and the like: what is sweet is called خُلَّة: or any kind of plant that is salt, or sour, rising upon [several] stems, and having no [single] أَصْل [or stock]: or any salt, or sour, kind of trees;
having a juicy and quivering leaf, which, when squeezed, bursts forth with water; and having a pungent, or strong, odour; that cleanses the garment and the hand when they are washed with it; such as the
نَجِيل
and the
خذْرَاف
and the
إِخْرِيط
and the
رِمْث
and the
قِضَة
and the
قُلَّام
and the
هَرْم
and the
حُرْض
and the
رُغل
and the
طَرْفَآء
and the like: or any plant that does not dry up in the
رَبِيع [or spring], but endures the hot season, having in it saltness; when camels eat it, they drink upon it; and when they do not find it, they become thin and weak: the Arabs say that the خُلَّة is the bread of camels, and the حَمْض is their fruit, or, as some say, their flesh-meat; or their خَبِيص: (TA in art. خل:) and they say that flesh-meat is the حَمْض of men: the n. un. is with ة: and the pl. is حُمُوضٌ. [In Isaiah xxx. 24, the word rendered “ clean ” in our authorized version is thought by some to mean “ salt ” or “ sour. ”]
2 Hence the saying,
3 Hence, also, by way of comparison, حَمْض is applied to
4 فُؤَادٌ حَمْضٌ and نَفْسٌ حَمْضةٌ mean
2 Hence the saying,
جَاؤُوا مُخِلِّينَ فَلَاقَوْا حَمْضَا
وَنُورِدُ المُسْتَوْرِدِينَ حَمْضَا
3 Hence, also, by way of comparison, حَمْض is applied to
4 فُؤَادٌ حَمْضٌ and نَفْسٌ حَمْضةٌ mean
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