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طمخر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fullness, particularly in the context of drinking to satiety. It also extends to describing something large or a large animal, specifically a camel.

Derived headwords

طَمْخَرِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    large-belliedclassical

    Describing a man with a large or distended belly.

الطَّمَاخِرnoun
  1. 1.
    camelclassical

    A term used to refer to a camel.

اِطْمَخَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullmodern

    To become full, especially from drinking a large amount of liquid.

  2. 2.
    to be satiatedclassical

    To be filled with drink to the point of satiety, without suffering any ill effects.

Parallel reading

رجل طمخرير: عظيم الجوف.
A man tamkhareer: large of belly.
والطماخر: البعير.
And al-tamakher: the camel.
وشرب حتى اطمخر
And he drank until he became full.
أي امتلأ
Meaning, he became full.
وقيل: هو أن يمتلئ من الشراب ولا يضره
And it was said: it is to become full from drink and it does not harm him.
والحاء المهملة لغة.
And the unpointed 'ha' is a dialectal variation.