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قلفع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a type of hardened, cracked earth, particularly mud that dries and splits after water recedes. It also refers to the crust or skin that forms on the surface of the earth, sometimes indicating the presence of truffles.

Derived headwords

القُلْفُعnoun
  1. 1.
    hardened, cracked mudclassical

    Mud that, after the water recedes, dries out and cracks. It is likened to the little finger in its shape or appearance.

  2. 2.
    earth's crustclassical

    The crust that forms on the surface of the earth, especially over water sources, which cracks upon drying.

قَلْفَعnoun
  1. 1.
    hardened earth crustclassical

    A term for the hardened crust of the earth, particularly that which forms over receding floodwaters and cracks as it dries.

القَلْفَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    earth's crust over trufflesclassical

    The layer of earth that peels off from the base of truffles, indicating their presence.

  2. 2.
    truffleclassical

    A truffle, the subterranean fungus.

Parallel reading

القلفع، مثال الخنصر: الطين الذي إذا نضب عنه الماء يبس وتشقق
Al-qulfu', like the little finger: the mud which, when the water recedes from it, dries and cracks.
قلفع روض شرب الدثاثا
A hardened, cracked earth of a meadow that drank abundantly.
فيه قلفع، بفتح الفاء، على مثال هجرع
There is in it qalfu' (with fatha on the fa), like hajra'.
القلفع ما تقشر عن أسافل مياه السيول متشققا بعد نضوبها
Al-qulfu' is what peels off from the lower parts of floodwaters, cracking after they have receded.
القلفعة: قشرة الأرض التي ترتفع عن أسافل الكمأة فتدل عليها
Al-qalf'ah: the crust of the earth that rises from the base of the truffles, indicating them.
القلفعة: الكمأة
Al-qalf'ah: the truffle.