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حثفل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the dregs, sediment, or residue found at the bottom of containers, particularly pots, decanters, or vessels holding liquids like oil or broth. It can also extend to refer to the lowest or basest part of society.

Derived headwords

الحَثْفَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    dregs, sedimentboth

    What remains at the bottom of a pot, especially after cooking.

  2. 2.
    residue in a decanterboth

    The sediment or dregs of oil or other liquids left at the bottom of a decanter or bottle.

  3. 3.
    lowest of peopleclassical

    The lowest or basest stratum of people.

حَثْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to leave dregsclassical

    To leave sediment or dregs at the bottom of a pot or container.

Parallel reading

الحثفل: ما بقي في أسفل القدر
The dregs: what remains at the bottom of the pot.
وقيل: الحثفل سفلة الناس
And it was said: The dregs are the lowest of people.
الحثفل ثرتم المرق
The dregs are the remnants of the broth.
يقال لثفل الدهن وغيره في القارورة حثفل
It is said that the dregs of oil and other things in a decanter are called 'hathfal'.
ورديء المال حثفله
And the bad part of wealth is its dregs.
وقيل: الحثفل يكون في أسفل المرق من بقية الثريد
And it was said: The dregs are what is at the bottom of the broth from the remains of tharid.
الحتفل والحثفل ما يبقى في أسفل القارورة من عكر الزيت
Al-hatfal and al-hathfal are what remains at the bottom of the decanter from the sediment of the oil.