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الطحربة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pieces or fragments, particularly of clouds or cloth. It also extends to concepts of emptiness, froth, and the act of filling or emptying something, with some less common or classical usages.

Derived headwords

الطَّحْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of cloudboth

    A fragment or piece of cloud.

  2. 2.
    Piece of clothboth

    A fragment or piece of fabric.

  3. 3.
    Emptiness/Voidclassical

    Specifically refers to a state of emptiness or void, particularly in the context of something lacking substance or being barren.

طَحْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To fillboth

    To fill a waterskin or container.

  2. 2.
    To emptyclassical

    To empty something, possibly a waterskin.

  3. 3.
    To run awayclassical

    To flee or escape rapidly.

  4. 4.
    To break windclassical

    To pass gas.

طَحْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Froth/Scumclassical

    Refers to froth or scum, similar to what is found on water.

Parallel reading

القطعة من الغيم
A piece of cloud
ومن الثوب
And of cloth
وقيل: خاص بالجحد
And it was said: it is specific to barrenness/negation
ما عليه طحربة
There is no emptiness/barrenness upon him/it
وكزبرج: الغثاء
And like 'kuzbaraj': froth/scum
طحرب القربة: ملأها
To fill the waterskin: to fill it
وقصع
And to empty
وعدا فارا
And to run away fleeing
وفسا
And to break wind