سَيْسَبَانٌ
Root: سسب
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سَيْسَبَانٌ
and
, or the former and
, which is mentioned by Th, A kind of tree; accord. to AHn, it grows from its seeds, and becomes tall, but does not endure the winter; it has leaves like those of the
دِفْلَى [q. v.], beautiful; people sow it in the gardens, desiring its beauty; and it has a produce like the oblong pericarps (خَرَائِط) of sesame, but thinner: AHn adds that, when its pericarps dry, it makes a rustling sound (a sound such as is termed
خَشْخَشَة) [in the wind], like the [species of cassia called] عِشْرِق: [the sesbania Aegytiaca of Persoon; æschynomene sesban of Linn.; dolichos sesban of Forskål :] AHn further says, وَحَكَى الفَرَّآءُ فِيهِ سَيْسَبًا: [this may perhaps mean that Fr has mentioned, as a var. of this word, سَيْسَبٌ , as it is in the accus. case: but I think that the right reading is
, and also سَيْسَبَى, for it is immediately added in the TA, “ it is masc. and fem., ” app. indicating that it is with, and without, tenween: then it is there further and strangely added, “ it is brought from India: ”] a rájiz uses the form
, at the end of a verse, for السَّيْسَبَانَ, necessarily eliding [the ن for the sake of the rhyme].
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