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جلفط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the act of sealing and caulking ships, specifically filling the seams and joints with materials like flax fibers and tar. It describes the tools and the process involved in making a ship watertight.

Derived headwords

جَلْفَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to caulk a shipclassical

    To seal the seams and joints of a new ship using threads, rags, and tar-like substances.

الجِلْفَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    caulkerclassical

    A person who caulks ships, filling the seams with threads and rags.

  2. 2.
    caulking materialclassical

    The material used for caulking ships, such as flax fibers mixed with tar.

جَلْفَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    caulkingclassical

    The act or process of caulking a ship, sealing its seams and joints.

Parallel reading

الجلفاط الذي يسد دروز السفينة الجديدة بالخيوط والخرق.
The caulker is he who seals the seams of a new ship with threads and rags.
يقال: جلفطه الجلفاط إذا سواه وقيره.
It is said: the caulker caulked it when he smoothed and tarred it.
هو الذي يجلفط السفن فيدخل بين مسامير الألواح وخروزها مشاقة الكتان ويمسحه بالزفت والقار
He is the one who caulks ships, inserting flax fibers between the nails of the planks and their holes, and smearing it with pitch and tar.
وفعله الجلفطة.
And his action is caulking.