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طلحن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of being smeared or stained with something unpleasant or disliked. It describes a state of being soiled or defiled, often with a negative connotation.

Derived headwords

الطَّلْحَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Smearedness, defilementclassical

    The state of being smeared or stained with something unpleasant or disliked.

طَلْحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To smear, to stainclassical

    To cause something to be smeared or stained with something unpleasant.

طَلْخَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To smear, to stainclassical

    An alternative form of 'to smear or stain' with something unpleasant.

Parallel reading

التلطخ بما يكره
Being smeared with what is disliked.
طلحنه وطلخنه
He smeared it and he stained it.