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خبز

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'خبز' primarily relates to the act of baking bread and the bread itself. It extends to meanings of feeding, striking, and vigorous movement, as well as a specific plant and the act of an animal trampling vegetation.

Derived headwords

الخُبْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flatbread baked in ashesclassical

    A type of flatbread, which is dough placed in embers to cook. The embers are described as ash and dirt in which a fire was kindled.

  2. 2.
    large piece of breadclassical

    A large piece of bread, specifically a thick thareed (a dish of crumbled bread soaked in broth). It is also said to refer to meat.

الخُبْزnoun
  1. 1.
    breadboth

    The food that is eaten, commonly known as bread.

  2. 2.
    bakingboth

    The act of making bread, serving as the verbal noun for the verb 'to bake'.

  3. 3.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking with the hands, or more generally, striking.

  4. 4.
    vigorous movementclassical

    Intense driving or movement, often used in the context of urging animals forward.

  5. 5.
    tramplingclassical

    The act of a camel striking the ground with its feet, or by analogy, the act of animals trampling vegetation.

خَبَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to bakeboth

    To make bread or similar food by baking.

  2. 2.
    to feed breadclassical

    To feed a group of people bread.

  3. 3.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike, often with hands.

  4. 4.
    to drive vigorouslyclassical

    To urge or drive something forward with great force or speed.

اخْتَبَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to make breadboth

    To make bread, often implying the process of preparing the dough and baking it.

  2. 2.
    to process doughclassical

    To work with flour, knead it, and then bake it in an oven or embers.

الخَبَّازnoun
  1. 1.
    bakerboth

    A person whose profession or trade is baking bread.

  2. 2.
    mallow plantboth

    A well-known plant with broad leaves and a round fruit, also known as 'khubbayza'.

الخِبَازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    baking (trade)both

    The trade or profession of a baker.

اخْتِبَازnoun
  1. 1.
    making breadclassical

    The act of making bread.

خَابِزadjective
  1. 1.
    having breadclassical

    Possessing or having bread, used analogously to 'tamer' (having dates) or 'labin' (having milk).

الخَبِيْزnoun
  1. 1.
    baked breadboth

    Bread that has been baked, regardless of the type of grain used.

الخَبَّازَىnoun
  1. 1.
    mallow plantboth

    A common plant with broad leaves, also known as 'al-khabbaz'.

انْخَبَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to become lowclassical

    To become low, depressed, or sunken into the ground.

تَخَبَّزَتverb
  1. 1.
    to trample vegetationclassical

    When camels trample grass or vegetation with their feet.

الخُبَيْزَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying areasclassical

    Depressed or sunken areas in the ground, named so because they have sunk into the earth.

Parallel reading

وهي عجين يوضع في الملة حتى ينضج
It is dough placed in embers until it cooks.
والخبز: الذي يؤكل.
And bread: that which is eaten.
خبزه يخبزه خبزا واختبزه: عمله.
He baked it, he bakes it, baking, and he made it: he made it.
والخباز: الذي مهنته ذلك، وحرفته الخبازة.
And the baker: he whose profession is that, and his craft is baking.
اختبز فلان إذا عالج دقيقا يعجنه ثم خبزه في ملة أو تنور.
So-and-so prepared bread if he processed flour, kneaded it, then baked it in embers or an oven.
وخبز القوم يخبزهم خبزا: أطعمهم الخبز.
And he fed the people, feeding them, feeding: he fed them bread.
ورجل خابز أي ذو خبز مثل تامر ولابن.
And a man is 'khabiz' meaning possessing bread, like 'tamer' (possessing dates) and 'labin' (possessing milk).
أتيت بني فلان فخبزوا وحاسوا وأقطوا أي أطعموني كل ذلك
I came to the family of so-and-so, and they provided bread, yogurt, and dried cheese, meaning they fed me all of that.
والخبزة: الثريدة الضخمة، وقيل: هي اللحم.
And 'al-khubza': the large thareed, and it was said: it is meat.
والخبز: الضرب باليدين، وقيل: هو الضرب باليد، وقيل: هو الضرب.
And 'al-khabz': striking with the hands, and it was said: it is striking with the hand, and it was said: it is striking.
والخبز: السوق الشديد، خبزها يخبزها خبزا؛ قال: لا تخبزا خبزا ونسا نسا
And 'al-khabz': the vigorous driving; he drove it, he drives it, driving; he said: do not drive vigorously, driving, and gently, gently.
والخبز: ضرب البعير بيديه الأرض، وهو على التشبيه؛
And 'al-khabz': a camel striking the ground with its feet, and it is by analogy;
وانخبز المكان: انخفض واطمأن.
And the place became low: it became low and settled.
وتخبزت الإبل العشب تخبزا إذا خبطته بقوائمها.
And the camels trampled the grass, trampling, if they beat it with their feet.
وإنما سمين خبيزات لأنهن انخبزن في الأرض أي انخفضن واطمأنن فيها.
They were only named 'khubayzat' because they sank into the ground, meaning they became low and settled in it.