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بربخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to conduits, channels, or passages, particularly for liquids like urine. It also has a specific meaning related to a unit of measurement.

Derived headwords

البَرْبَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A unit of dry measureclassical

    This refers to a specific unit of dry measure, equivalent to an 'irdabbah'.

بَرْبَخَ البَوْلother
  1. 1.
    Passage of urineclassical

    This phrase refers to the passage or channel through which urine flows.

Parallel reading

البربخة: الإردبة.
Al-barbakha: the 'irdabbah'.
وبربخ البول: مجراه.
And the passage of urine: its channel.