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سخء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to creating a specific channel or passage for fire, particularly beneath a cooking pot. It describes the act of making a way for heat to circulate or be directed.

Derived headwords

سَخَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a passage for fireclassical

    To create a channel or pathway for fire, especially beneath a cooking vessel, to direct or regulate the heat.

سَخْءnoun
  1. 1.
    passage for fireclassical

    The channel or passage made for fire, typically under a pot.

مَسْخَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a passage for fireclassical

    To create a channel or pathway for fire, especially beneath a cooking vessel, to direct or regulate the heat. This is a variant form of the root verb.

سُخَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    passage for fireclassical

    The channel or passage made for fire, typically under a pot. This is a masdar form.

Parallel reading

سخأ النار، كجعل
He made a passage for the fire, like making.
جعل لها مذهبا تحت القدر
He made for it a pathway beneath the pot.
كسخاها
Like making a passage for it (the fire/pot).