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شخف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound of milk being milked, and by extension, the milk itself. It also encompasses the concept of a specific type of milk or a sound associated with it.

Derived headwords

الشَّخَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Milkclassical

    Refers to milk, specifically in a dialectal or classical context.

  2. 2.
    Sound of milkingclassical

    The sound produced by milk during the process of milking.

شَخَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To make a milking soundclassical

    To produce the sound associated with milk being milked.

شَخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of milkclassical

    The sound that milk makes, particularly when being milked.

Parallel reading

الشخاف: اللبن، حميرية.
Al-Shakhāf: Milk, a Himyaritic term.
قال أبو عمرو: الشخف صوت اللبن عند الحلب،
Abū ʿAmr said: Al-shakhf is the sound of milk during milking.
يقال: سمعت له شخفا؛
It is said: I heard a shakhf from it.
وأنشد: كأن صوت شخبها ذي الشخف ... كشيش أفعى في يبيس قف
And he recited: As if the sound of its milking, possessing the shakhf... was like the hiss of a snake on dry ground.
قال: وبه سمي اللبن شخافا.
He said: And by this, milk was named Shakhāf.