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اللياب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the concept of taking a small amount of food into the mouth, specifically a mouthful or a single bite. It describes the quantity of food consumed in such a manner.

Derived headwords

اللِّيَابnoun
  1. 1.
    mouthful of foodclassical

    The quantity of food that fills the mouth, or a portion of it.

  2. 2.
    bite of foodclassical

    A small amount of food taken into the mouth, equivalent to a single bite.

تَلَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    to take a mouthfulclassical

    To take a quantity of food into the mouth, filling it.

Parallel reading

أقل من ملء الفم من الطعام
less than a mouthful of food
قدر لعقة منه تلاك
the amount of a bite of it that one takes into the mouth