حَنَظَلِthe colocynth

Example sentences

• الْأَدَبُ عِنْدَ الْأَحْمَقِ كَالْمَاءِ فِي أُصُولِ الْحَنَظَلِ،

  Good manners in a fool are like water in the roots of the colocynth.

  الْحَنَظَلِ — the colocynth. This definite noun is the owning half of the 'roots of ...' pair, so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) form and names the plant whose roots are meant. Its case comes from the construct. It anchors the simile's image.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →