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زغبد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of froth, foam, or scum, particularly as found on milk or other liquids. It can also refer to the fatty or rich part of something, like the hump of a camel.

Derived headwords

الزغبدnoun
  1. 1.
    Froth; foamboth

    The frothy or foamy substance that rises to the top of milk or other liquids.

زغبدnoun
  1. 1.
    Froth; foamboth

    The frothy or foamy substance that rises to the top of milk or other liquids.

الزبدnoun
  1. 1.
    Butterboth

    The fatty substance churned from milk or cream.

  2. 2.
    Froth; foamboth

    The frothy or foamy substance that rises to the top of milk or other liquids.

ثمالnoun
  1. 1.
    Froth; foamclassical

    The froth or foam that remains at the bottom of an acidic liquid.

  2. 2.
    Dregs; sedimentclassical

    The sediment or dregs that settle at the bottom of a container, especially from milk or acidic liquids.

ثمالا زغبداnoun
  1. 1.
    Frothy sedimentclassical

    A description of sediment that is frothy or foamy, specifically in the context of milk or acidic liquids.

Parallel reading

صبحونا بزغبد وحتي
They provided us with froth and the skin of dates.
والحتي: قرف المقل.
And al-Huti: the skin of dates.
والتامك: ما تمك من السنام وارتفع.
And al-Tamik: what protruded and rose from the camel's hump.
والثمال من الحليب: الرغوة
And al-Thumal from milk: the froth.
ومن الحامض: الفلاق الذي يبقى في أسفل الإناء
And from sour liquid: the sediment that remains at the bottom of the vessel.
وقمعا يكسى ثمالا زغبدا
And a vessel covered with frothy sediment.