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سغبل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to making something rich, oily, or fatty, particularly food. It can also extend to the idea of something being smooth or easy, possibly due to being well-oiled or prepared.

Derived headwords

سَغْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to enrich with fatboth

    To make food rich or fatty by adding oil or ghee. It can also mean to saturate something with oil.

  2. 2.
    to make smoothclassical

    To make something smooth or easy, possibly by applying oil or fat.

سَغْبَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    richness of fatclassical

    The state of being rich with fat, especially when meat is mixed with fat, making it very oily.

سَغْبِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    easyclassical

    Describing something that is easy or smooth.

Parallel reading

سَغْبَلَ الطَّعَامَ: أَدَمَهُ بِالْإِهَالَةِ وَالسَّمْنِ
He enriched the food: made it fatty with oil and ghee.
وَقِيلَ: رَوَاهُ دَسَمًا
And it was said: he saturated it with fat.
وَشَيْءٌ سَغْبَلٌ: سَهْلٌ
And something 'saghabal': easy.
وَسَغْبَلَ رَأْسَهُ بِالدُّهْنِ أَيْ رَوَاهُ
And he saturated his head with oil, meaning he drenched it.
وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: سَبْغَلَهُ فَاسْتَبْغَلَ، قُدِّمَتِ الْبَاءُ عَلَى الْغَيْنِ وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ
And another said: he made it smooth, and it became smooth, the 'ba' was placed before the 'ghayn', and this has been mentioned before.
وَالسَّغْبَلَةُ: أَنْ يُثْرَدَ اللَّحْمُ مَعَ الشَّحْمِ فَيَكْثُرَ دَسَمُهُ
And 'saghabalah': is when meat is mixed with fat and its richness increases.
مِنْ سَغْبَلَ الْيَوْمَ لَنَا، فَقَدْ غَلَبَ، ... خُبْزًا وَلَحْمًا، فَهُوَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ حُبٌّ
Whoever enriched today for us, has indeed prevailed, ... with bread and meat, it is beloved by people.