فُلْفُلٌ
Root: فل
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فُلْفُلٌ
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فِلْفِلٌ , but the vulgar pronounce it [thus] with kesr, and the pronouncing it with kesr is said to be not allowable, a word of Pers. origin, arabicized, from پِلْپِل, with kesr, [or پُلْپُل; i. e. Pepper;] a sort of berry, (حَبٌّ, S, O, K,) brought from India, well known, not growing in the land of the Arabs, but often mentioned in their language: AHn was informed by one who had seen it that its tree is just like the pomegranate; but Dáwood the hakeem adds that it is taller; between the pair of leaves thereof are two fruit-stalks, regularly disposed, each fruitstalk of the length of the finger; and it is green, and is then plucked, and spread in the shade, and becomes black and shrivelled; and it [the tree] has thorns, like those of the pomegranate: when it [i. e. the fruit] is fresh and moist, it is preserved
2 دَارُفُلْفُل, or , [app. دَارُفُلْفُلٌ, or perhaps دَارَفُلْفُلٌ, a compound of two words made one, as such written in the K with the article (الدّارفلفل), and perfectly declinable, because it is not a proper name,] is The tree of the فُلْفُل when it first bears fruit, accord. to the K; but several writers declare that the tree of [the] دار فلفل is not the same as the tree of the فلفل: [دار فلفل is one of the names now applied to long pepper, and is commonly pronounced دَارْفِلْفِلْ:] it is [generally] known in Egypt by the name of عِرْقُ الذَّهَبِ, [another term, now used, for long pepper,] and is called in Pers. پلپل دراز [i. e. پُلْپِلدَرَاز, the latter of which words signifies “ long ”]: it increases the venereal faculty, causes the food to digest; removes colic, and flatulence; and is beneficial as a remedy against the bite, or sting, of venomous reptiles, applied as a liniment, with oil.
3 فُلْفُلٌ is also a name sometimes applied to The fruit of the بَرْوَق [q. v., in art. برق]; likening it to the فُلْفُلٌ mentioned before [i. e. to peppercorns]: he who pronounces it, when thus applied, فِلْفِلٌ errs; for this signifies the fruit of certain trees of the [kind called] عِضَاه; and the people of El-Yemen call thus [particularly] the fruit of the [species of عِضَاه. termed] غَاف [q. v.].
4 فُلْفُلُ المَآءِ is the name of A certain plant growing in the neighbourhood of water, lank, soft, or smooth, in the leaves, having berries (حَبِّ) in bunches.
5 فُلْفُلُ القُرُودِ is The same as حبّ الليم [but what this is I do not find].
6 فُلْفُلُ الصَّقَالِبَةِ is What is called [in Pers.] فنجنكشت [i. e. فَنْجَنْكُشْت: see الفَقْدُ].
7 [فَلَافِلُ is pl. of فُلْفُلٌ.] And فَلَافِلُ السُّودَانِ is the name of Certain berries (حَبّ), round and smooth, in sheaths, or cases, (غُلُف,) and in receptacles (أَبْيَات) like the صَنَوْبَر [or cone of the pine, app. in form].
def.2 See also فَلِيلٌ, last sentence.
def.3 فُلْفُلٌ signifies also A sharp, or clever, servant; and فِلْفِلٌ is said to signify thus likewise by Mullà 'Alee, in his “ Námoos, ” and even more commonly: but this requires consideration.
2 دَارُفُلْفُل, or , [app. دَارُفُلْفُلٌ, or perhaps دَارَفُلْفُلٌ, a compound of two words made one, as such written in the K with the article (الدّارفلفل), and perfectly declinable, because it is not a proper name,] is The tree of the فُلْفُل when it first bears fruit, accord. to the K; but several writers declare that the tree of [the] دار فلفل is not the same as the tree of the فلفل: [دار فلفل is one of the names now applied to long pepper, and is commonly pronounced دَارْفِلْفِلْ:] it is [generally] known in Egypt by the name of عِرْقُ الذَّهَبِ, [another term, now used, for long pepper,] and is called in Pers. پلپل دراز [i. e. پُلْپِلدَرَاز, the latter of which words signifies “ long ”]: it increases the venereal faculty, causes the food to digest; removes colic, and flatulence; and is beneficial as a remedy against the bite, or sting, of venomous reptiles, applied as a liniment, with oil.
3 فُلْفُلٌ is also a name sometimes applied to The fruit of the بَرْوَق [q. v., in art. برق]; likening it to the فُلْفُلٌ mentioned before [i. e. to peppercorns]: he who pronounces it, when thus applied, فِلْفِلٌ errs; for this signifies the fruit of certain trees of the [kind called] عِضَاه; and the people of El-Yemen call thus [particularly] the fruit of the [species of عِضَاه. termed] غَاف [q. v.].
4 فُلْفُلُ المَآءِ is the name of A certain plant growing in the neighbourhood of water, lank, soft, or smooth, in the leaves, having berries (حَبِّ) in bunches.
5 فُلْفُلُ القُرُودِ is The same as حبّ الليم [but what this is I do not find].
6 فُلْفُلُ الصَّقَالِبَةِ is What is called [in Pers.] فنجنكشت [i. e. فَنْجَنْكُشْت: see الفَقْدُ].
7 [فَلَافِلُ is pl. of فُلْفُلٌ.] And فَلَافِلُ السُّودَانِ is the name of Certain berries (حَبّ), round and smooth, in sheaths, or cases, (غُلُف,) and in receptacles (أَبْيَات) like the صَنَوْبَر [or cone of the pine, app. in form].
def.2 See also فَلِيلٌ, last sentence.
def.3 فُلْفُلٌ signifies also A sharp, or clever, servant; and فِلْفِلٌ is said to signify thus likewise by Mullà 'Alee, in his “ Námoos, ” and even more commonly: but this requires consideration.
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