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قحلف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of consuming or eating everything within a container. It describes the act of finishing off the contents of a vessel.

Derived headwords

قَحْلَفَverb
  1. 1.
    ate it allclassical

    To consume everything that was in a container, leaving nothing behind.

قَحْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    ate it allclassical

    To consume everything that was in a container, leaving nothing behind. This is synonymous with قَحْلَفَ.

Parallel reading

قحلف ما في الإناء وقحفله: أكله أجمع.
Qaḥlafa and qaḥfala what was in the vessel: he ate it all.