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مذقر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the state of liquids, particularly milk and blood, becoming separated, curdled, or clotted. It also extends to the idea of something being mixed or unmixed, and can describe a dispersed or scattered state.

Derived headwords

امذقرverb
  1. 1.
    to curdle, separateclassical

    Used for milk that has curdled and separated into curds and whey.

  2. 2.
    to clot, not mixclassical

    Used to describe blood that flows without mixing with water, remaining distinct.

اذمقرverb
  1. 1.
    to curdle, separateclassical

    An alternative verb form for milk becoming curdled and separated.

الممذقرadjective
  1. 1.
    curdled, separatedclassical

    Describes milk that has separated into distinct parts, either curds and whey or due to acidity.

  2. 2.
    mixedclassical

    Said of something that is mixed together.

ممذقرadjective
  1. 1.
    curdled, separatedclassical

    Describes milk that has separated, especially when it has become sour and the curds and whey are distinct.

  2. 2.
    clotted, unmixedclassical

    Refers to blood that flows without mixing with water.

امذقِراراًnoun
  1. 1.
    separation, curdlingclassical

    The act or process of milk separating into curds and whey.

الامذقرارnoun
  1. 1.
    separation, clottingclassical

    The process where blood gathers and then separates into pieces without mixing with water.

امذقرverb
  1. 1.
    to flow, spread outclassical

    Used to describe blood flowing in a distinct, elongated manner without mixing.

ابذقرverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse, scatterclassical

    A variant form meaning to disperse or scatter, used in relation to blood not mixing.

تمذرverb
  1. 1.
    to disperse, scatterclassical

    A verb meaning to disperse or scatter, mentioned as similar in meaning to 'abdhqara'.

Parallel reading

امذقر اللبن واذمقر: تقطع وتفلق، والثانية أعرف، وكذلك الدم
Milk curdles and separates, and blood does the same; the latter form is more recognized.
الممذقر اللبن الذي تفلق شيئا فإذا مخض استوى
The curdled milk is that which separates somewhat, and when churned, it becomes uniform.
ولبن ممذقر إذا تقطع حمضا
And milk is curdled if it separates due to sourness.
الممذقر اللبن المتقطع
Curdled milk is separated milk.
يقال: امذقر الرائب امذقرارا إذا انقطع وصار اللبن ناحية والماء ناحية
It is said: the yogurt has curdled with curdling, if it separates and the milk becomes one part and the water another.
أنه لما قتله الخوارج بالنهروان سال دمه في النهر فما امذقر دمه بالماء وما اختلط
When the Khawarij killed him at Nahrawan, his blood flowed into the river, and his blood did not disperse in the water nor mix.
قال أبو عبيد: معناه أنه ما اختلط ولا امتزج بالماء
Abu Ubaid said: its meaning is that it did not mix or blend with the water.
سال في لماء مستطيلا
It flowed into the water in an elongated manner.
قال: والأول أعرف
He said: and the first [meaning] is more recognized.
قال أبو عبيد معناه أنه امتزج بالماء
Abu Ubaid said its meaning is that it mixed with the water.
قال شمر: الامذقرار أن يجتمع الدم ثم يتقطع قطعا ولا يختلط بالماء
Shammir said: Al-imdhqaraar is for blood to gather then break into pieces without mixing with water.
فلم يكن كذلك ولكنه سال وامتزج بالماء
But it was not so; rather, it flowed and mixed with the water.
معنى قوله فما امذقر دمه أي لم يتفرق في الماء ولا اختلط
The meaning of his saying 'his blood did not imdhqara' is that it did not disperse in the water nor mix.
والدليل على ذلك قوله: رأيت دمه مثل الشراك في الماء
And the evidence for that is his saying: 'I saw his blood like a sandal strap in the water'.
أنه مر فيه كالطريقة الواحدة لم يختلط به
That it passed through it like a single streak, not mixing with it.
فامذقر دمه أي جرى مستطيلا متفرقا
His blood flowed, meaning it ran elongated and dispersed.
ورواه بعضهم فما ابذقر دمه وهي لغة، معناه ما تفرق ولا تمذر
And some narrated it as 'his blood did not ibdhqara', which is a variant, meaning it did not disperse nor scatter.
إذا انقطع اللبن فصار اللبن ناحية والماء ناحية فهو ممذقر
If the milk separates, so that the milk is on one side and the water on another, then it is mumdhqar.