عَصْف

Root: ع ص ف

مصدر عصَفَ/ عصَفَ بـ.

🇬🇧 Translation:

Verbal noun of 'asafa / 'asafa bi.

حُطام التِّبن ودُقاقُه، بقلُ الزَّرع الذي أُكل حبُّه وبقي تبنُه

🇬🇧 Translation:

Chaff, straw, or the husks of grain whose seeds have been eaten, leaving only the stalk.

" {وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ}
{فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ} : كورق أخذ ما فيه من الحَبّ وبقي هو لا حبّ فيه وقيل كعصف أكلته البهائم "

🇬🇧 Translation:

" {And [the grain with] husks and scented plants}
{And made them like eaten straw} : Like leaves stripped of their grain, leaving only what has no grain; also said to resemble straw consumed by cattle."