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ورخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to plants and the process of dating or recording events. It also extends to describing the consistency of dough and the act of making it more liquid.

Derived headwords

الورخnoun
  1. 1.
    Plant similar to al-marakhclassical

    A plant that resembles the marakh plant in its growth, but it is grayish and has fine leaves, similar to or slightly larger than tarragon leaves.

المَرخnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A type of tree, mentioned for comparison with al-warakh.

الوَريخةnoun
  1. 1.
    Loose dough

    Refers to dough that has become loose or slack due to an excess of water.

ورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become loose (dough)

    The dough became loose or slack due to too much water.

يورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become loose (dough)

    He (the dough) becomes loose or slack due to too much water.

ورخاnoun
  1. 1.
    Looseness of dough

    The state or condition of dough becoming loose or slack due to excess water.

تورخverb
  1. 1.
    To become loose (dough)

    The dough became loose or slack due to too much water.

أورختverb
  1. 1.
    To add excess water to dough

    To add a lot of water to dough, making it loose and slack.

ورّخverb
  1. 1.
    To date (a document)classical

    To record the date of a document or event; synonymous with أرّخ (arrkh).

أرّخverb
  1. 1.
    To date (a document)

    To record the date of a document or event.

Parallel reading

الورخ: شجر شبيه بالمرخ في نباته غير أنه أغبر له ورق دقيق مثل ورق الطرخون أو أكبر.
Al-warakh: A plant similar to al-marakh in its growth, but it is grayish and has fine leaves, like or larger than tarragon leaves.
والوريخة: المسترخي من العجين لكثرة الماء؛
And al-warikhah: The slackened dough due to excess water;
وقد ورخ يورخ ورخا وتورخ.
And it (dough) became slack, it becomes slack, slackness, and it became slack.
وأورخت العجين: أكثرت ماءه حتى يسترخي.
And I made the dough slack: I increased its water until it became slack.
وورخ الكتاب بيوم كذا: لغة في أرخه؛ عن يعقوب.
And he dated the book with such-and-such a day: a dialectal variant of arrkhahu; according to Ya'qub.