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طملس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something dry, hard, or stale, particularly in relation to food like bread. It conveys a sense of being desiccated or lacking moisture.

Derived headwords

طَمْلَسadjective
  1. 1.
    dryboth

    Describing something, especially bread, that has become dry and hard, lacking moisture.

طَمْلِسadjective
  1. 1.
    dryclassical

    An alternative form or pronunciation of 'tamlas', referring to something dry and hard.

طَمْلَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessclassical

    The state or quality of being dry, hard, or stale.

Parallel reading

رغيف طملس، بتشديد اللام، أي جاف
A loaf of bread, tamlas (with a shadda on the lam), meaning dry.
قلت للعقيلي: هل أكلت شيئا؟
I said to Al-Uqayli: Have you eaten anything?
فقال: قرصتين طملستين
And he said: Two dry flatbreads.