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ثمء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of mixing or mashing something, particularly food items like truffles or bread, often with fat or oil. It also extends to crushing or breaking things, and metaphorically to dyeing hair.

Derived headwords

ثَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix truffles in fatclassical

    To place truffles into melted fat or oil, often for cooking or preservation.

  2. 2.
    to feed rich foodclassical

    To provide a group of people with rich, fatty food.

  3. 3.
    to mash breadclassical

    To break bread into small pieces, often to be mixed with liquid or fat.

  4. 4.
    to crush headclassical

    To strike someone's head with a stone or stick, causing it to be crushed and mashed.

  5. 5.
    to dye beardclassical

    To color one's beard, specifically with henna.

  6. 6.
    to break noseclassical

    To fracture someone's nose, causing it to bleed.

ثَمْءnoun
  1. 1.
    mixing truffles in fatclassical

    The act of mixing truffles in fat, as described in the verb.

ثَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to mash breadclassical

    To break bread into small pieces, often for consumption with other ingredients.

زَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowclassical

    To swallow something, particularly bread, implying it was mashed or softened.

انْثَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crushedclassical

    To be crushed or mashed, applied to things like dates or trees.

Parallel reading

طرحك الكمء في السمن.
Your placing the truffle in fat.
أطعمهم الدسم.
He fed them rich food.
طرحها في السمن.
He placed it (the truffle) in fat.
ثرده
He mashed it (bread).
زرده
He swallowed it (bread).
شدخه وثرده.
He crushed and mashed it (the head).
وانثمأ التمر والشجر كذلك.
And dates and trees were similarly crushed.
صبغها بالحناء.
He dyed it (his beard) with henna.
كسره فسال دما.
He broke it (his nose) and blood flowed.