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فربج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the process of roasting or charring meat, particularly lamb or goat, over a fire. It focuses on the state of the meat after being exposed to heat, implying a cooked or partially cooked condition.

Derived headwords

افرنبجverb
  1. 1.
    to be roastedclassical

    To be roasted or charred, especially the upper parts of a lamb's skin.

شويverb
  1. 1.
    to roastboth

    To roast meat over a fire, especially lamb or goat.

شويتnoun
  1. 1.
    roastingclassical

    The act or process of roasting, used as a masdar for the verb 'to roast'.

مفرنبجnoun
  1. 1.
    roasted meatclassical

    Meat that has been roasted or charred, particularly referring to the skin of a lamb or goat that has been exposed to heat.

Parallel reading

افرنبج جلد الحمل: شوي فيبست أعاليه، وكذلك إذا أصابه ذلك من غير شي
The skin of the lamb is roasted: its upper parts are charred, and likewise if it is affected by that without any cause.
وهو مصدر شويت
And it is the masdar (verbal noun) of 'shuwīya' (to be roasted).
قال الشاعر يصف عناقا شواها وأكل منها
A poet said, describing a she-goat he roasted and ate from.
فآكل من مفرنبج بين جلدها
So I eat from the roasted meat, between its skin.