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برتك

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of small hills or mounds. It also has a derived meaning related to cutting or fragmenting something into small pieces.

Derived headwords

البَرَاتِكnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillsclassical

    These are small, low hills or mounds of earth.

برتَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut upclassical

    To cut something into small pieces or fragments.

بَرْتَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting upclassical

    The act of cutting something into small pieces or fragments.

فَرْتَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut upclassical

    To cut something into small pieces or fragments, similar to 'برتكه'.

فَرْتَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting upclassical

    The act of cutting something into small pieces or fragments.

كَرْنَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut upclassical

    To cut something into small pieces or fragments, used synonymously with 'برتكه' and 'فرتكته'.

Parallel reading

البراتك صغار التلال
Al-baratik are small hills.
وقد خنق الآل الشعاف، وغرقت ... جواريه جذعان القضاف البراتك
And the mirage choked the highest peaks, and the young camels drowned in the small hills.
ويروى: النوابك
And it is narrated: Al-Nawabik.
برتكت الشيء برتكة وفرتكته فرتكة وكرنفته إذا قطعته مثل الذر
I cut the thing into small pieces with a cutting up, and I fragmented it with fragmentation, and I minced it with mincing, if you cut it like dust.