حرق

حَرِيقَةٌ حريق حريقه حريقة : see حُرْقَةٌ. -A2- Also, (Yaakoob, S, K,) and ↓ حَرُوقَةٌ, (K,) A kind of food, (K,) thicker than what is termed حَسَاآء; (Yaakoob, S, K;) like نَفِيتَة: (S:) or water, (K,) i. e. hot water, (TA,) upon which a little flour is sprinkled, and which swells, or becomes inflated, in boiling, (K, TA,) and becomes of a whitish dust-colour: it is licked up with the tongue: and is also called تفيتة: they made use of it in hard and dear times, and when the cattle were lean, and when the season was severe: (TA:) or it was made by sprinkling flour upon water or fresh milk until it swelled, and became [ like ] what is termed حساء: a man used to satisfy his household with it when fortune overcame him: and it is also called نفيتة: (ISk, Az, TA:) pl. حَرَائِقُ. (S.) One says, وَجَدْتُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ مَا عَيْشٌ اـِلَّا الحَرَائِقُ [ I found the sons of such a one having no means of subsistence other than the messes of the kind called حرائق]. (S.)