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حدبد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of milk product, possibly curdled or thickened. The primary mention is in the context of 'laban hadbad', describing a particular consistency.

Derived headwords

حَدَبَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to curdleclassical

    To become thick or curdled, referring to milk.

حَدَبْدَبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    curdledclassical

    Describing milk that has become thick and curdled.

Parallel reading

لَبَنٌ حَدَبْدَبٌ: خَاثِرٌ كَهُدَبْدَبٌ، عَنْ كُرَاعٍ.
Curdled milk: thick like hudbadab, according to Kra'a.