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لءف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating, specifically consuming food thoroughly and with gusto. It can also extend to the idea of consuming or devouring something in a general sense.

Derived headwords

لَأَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat wellboth

    To consume food thoroughly and with good appetite, eating it completely.

  2. 2.
    to devourclassical

    To consume something rapidly or greedily, as if eating it up entirely.

لَأْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    thorough eatingboth

    The act of eating food well and completely, consuming it thoroughly.

Parallel reading

فلان يلأف الطعام لأفا إذا أكله أكلا جيدا
So-and-so eats food thoroughly when he eats it well.