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حَنَطَ

Root: حنط

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَنَطَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حُنُوطٌ, It attained to the time for its being reaped; as also احنط .
2 It (a tree of the kind called رِمْث) became mature, and its leaves became white; as also احنط : or it became white and mature, and there came forth upon it a dust-coloured fruit, and what resembled pieces of glue appeared upon its tops; as also حَنِطَ, Present.T ـَ; and احنط : [the last, though omitted in the K, seems to be the most common:] or its colour became white inclining to yellowness, and its odour sweet: Az relates, on the authority of IAar, that one says, أَوْرَسَ الرِّمْثُ, and احنط ; like خَضَبَ العَرْفَجُ: and one says, of the رِمْث, when it first breaks out for its leaves to come forth, قَدْ أَقْمَلَ; and when it has increased little by little, قَدْ أَدْبَى; and when its greenness has increased, بَقَلَ: and when it has become white and mature, حَنَطَ: or احنط is said of a tree, and of a herb, meaning its fruit became mature; and so حَنَطَ, Verbal.Noun حُنُوطٌ.
3 It became red. [The Verbal.Noun of the verb in this sense is not mentioned.]

def.2 See also 2.
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