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خذعبه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of cutting or dividing something into pieces. It also refers to a specific piece or portion obtained through cutting, particularly from certain food items or fatty substances.

Derived headwords

خَذْعَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutboth

    To cut something into pieces or segments.

خَذْعُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pieceboth

    A piece or portion cut from something.

  2. 2.
    portion of melonclassical

    A piece specifically from a melon (قرعة).

  3. 3.
    portion of cucumberclassical

    A piece specifically from a cucumber (قثاء).

  4. 4.
    piece of fatboth

    A piece of fatty tissue.

Parallel reading

قطعه
He cut it.
والخذعوبة، بالضم: القطعة من القرعة أو القثاء أو الشحم.
And al-khadh'ūbah, with dammah, is the piece from the melon, or the cucumber, or the fat.