Full Definition
يَبْرُوحٌ
, thus correctly written, with the ى before the ب; [not بيروح, as in the CK; in Chald.
יַבְרוּחַ, the word corresponding to the sing. of the Hebr.
דּוּרָאִים in Gen. xxx. 14 and 16, accord. to the paraphrase of Onkelos;] or يَبْرُوحٌ صَنَمِىٌّ [the idol-like
يبروح]; The root, or lower part, of the wild
لُفَّاح [or mandrake, not to be confounded with another plant to which the name of لُفَّاح, q. v., is also applied], which is known by the names of
فَاوَانِيَا
and
عُودُ
الصَّلِيبِ [names now given to the peony], and called by MF تُفَّاحُ البَرِّ, [or the wild apple, but perhaps this is a mistranscription for لُفَّاحُ البَرِّ,] said by him to be an appellation used by the vulgar; resembling the form of a man; and of two sorts, male and female; called by the people of Greece
عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ: it torpifies, and strengthens the two appetites [namely that of the stomach and that of the generative organ): if ivory is cooked with it for six hours, it renders it soft; and if a part affected by [the disease termed] بَرَش
is rubbed with its leaves for a week, without interruption, it removes it without causing ulcers, or sores: the root of the wild لُفَّاح is the يَبْروح: it has the form of a human being; the male like the male, and the female like the female; and they pretend that he who pulls it up dies; wherefore, when they desire to do so, they tie a dog or some other animal to it. (Kzw, voce لُفَّاح.)
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