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الطلافح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of breadth, thinness, and exhaustion. It describes something wide or broad, and also a thin substance like brain matter. Derived forms can denote hunger, fatigue, or the act of causing someone to become sleepless.

Derived headwords

العراضnoun
  1. 1.
    The broadnessboth

    That which is wide or broad.

الطلافحnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin brain matterclassical

    The thin substance of the brain, when pronounced with the initial 'ta' having a dammah (u-sound).

طلفحهverb
  1. 1.
    To keep awakeboth

    To cause someone to be sleepless or unable to sleep.

الطلنفحadjective
  1. 1.
    Hungryclassical

    One who is hungry.

  2. 2.
    Exhaustedclassical

    One who is weary and tired.

Parallel reading

الطلافح: العراض
Al-Talaafih: The broadness.
وبالضم: المخ الرقيق
And with the dammah (u-sound): the thin brain matter.
وطلفحه: أرقه
And Talfahahu: He kept him awake.
والطلنفح، كغضنفر: الجائع
And Al-Talnafih, like Ghadanfar: The hungry one.
والمعيي التعب
And the weary and tired one.