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خمط

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the preparation and cooking of meat, specifically roasting or grilling. It also extends to the preservation of milk, the smell and taste of things (especially pleasant or sour aromas), and metaphorically to arrogance and intense anger.

Derived headwords

خَمَطَ اللحمَ يَخْمِطُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to roast meatboth

    To roast meat, or to grill it without fully cooking it.

  2. 2.
    to skin and roastclassical

    Specifically referring to a young goat, to skin it and then roast it.

خَمَطَ الجَدْيَverb
  1. 1.
    to skin and roast a kidclassical

    To skin a young goat and then roast it.

خَمَطَ اللبنَ في سِقاءٍverb
  1. 1.
    to put milk in a waterskinclassical

    To place milk into a waterskin, likely for preservation or fermentation.

خَمِيطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    roasted (meat)classical

    Meat that has been roasted or grilled.

سَمِيطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    skinned and roastedclassical

    Refers to meat, specifically a kid, that has had its hair removed and then been roasted.

الخِمَاطُnoun
  1. 1.
    roast meatclassical

    The meat that has been roasted or grilled.

الخِمْطَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    smell of grape blossomsclassical

    The aroma of grape blossoms or similar fragrant flowers.

  2. 2.
    wine with aromaclassical

    Wine that has absorbed an aroma, or sour wine with an aroma.

لَبَنٌ خَمْطٌ وخَمْطَةٌ وخَامِطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    pleasant smelling milkclassical

    Milk that has a pleasant aroma.

  2. 2.
    milk with absorbed aromaclassical

    Milk that has taken on an aroma, such as that of the nabq fruit or apples.

سِقَاءٌ خَامِطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    waterskin with aromaclassical

    A waterskin that has absorbed a particular smell, often from its contents.

خَمَطَ، كَنَصَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell pleasantclassical

    To have a pleasant aroma.

  2. 2.
    to change smellclassical

    To have its smell altered, which can be the opposite of pleasant.

خَمَطَ، كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell pleasantclassical

    To have a pleasant aroma.

  2. 2.
    to change smellclassical

    To have its smell altered, which can be the opposite of pleasant.

خَمْطٌ (مصدر)noun
  1. 1.
    pleasant smellclassical

    The state of having a pleasant aroma.

  2. 2.
    changed smellclassical

    The state of having an altered or changed aroma.

خُمُوطٌ (مصدر)noun
  1. 1.
    pleasant smellclassical

    The state of having a pleasant aroma.

  2. 2.
    changed smellclassical

    The state of having an altered or changed aroma.

خَمَطَتْهُ الرائحةُverb
  1. 1.
    its smell affected himclassical

    Its aroma affected or struck him.

الخَمْطُnoun
  1. 1.
    sournessclassical

    Sourness or bitterness from anything.

  2. 2.
    bitter plantclassical

    Any plant that has acquired a bitter taste.

  3. 3.
    few fruitsclassical

    A small quantity of fruit from any tree.

  4. 4.
    sidr treeclassical

    A type of tree, like the sidr tree.

  5. 5.
    poisonous treeclassical

    A poisonous tree, or any tree without thorns.

  6. 6.
    arak fruitclassical

    The fruit of the arak tree.

  7. 7.
    hyena's excrement fruitclassical

    The fruit of the hyena's excrement (likely a plant name).

تَخَمَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To act arrogantly or haughtily.

  2. 2.
    to be angryclassical

    To become angry or enraged.

  3. 3.
    to roar (stallion)classical

    Said of a stallion when it makes a roaring sound.

  4. 4.
    to surge (sea)classical

    Said of the sea when its waves crash together.

خَمَطَ، كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To act arrogantly or haughtily.

  2. 2.
    to be angryclassical

    To become angry or enraged.

المُتَخَمِّطُadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    One who is arrogant and overpowering.

  2. 2.
    intensely angryclassical

    One who is intensely angry, making a loud noise due to the severity of their rage.

أَرْضٌ خَمْطَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fragrant landclassical

    Land that has a pleasant smell.

أَرْضٌ وخَمْطَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fragrant landclassical

    Land that has a pleasant smell.

بَحْرٌ خَمْطُ الأَمْوَاجِ، كَكُتُفٍadjective
  1. 1.
    crashing wavesclassical

    Said of the sea when its waves are crashing and turbulent.

Parallel reading

خمط اللحم يخمطه: شواه، أو فلم ينضجه
To roast meat, or to grill it without fully cooking it.
والجدي: سلخه، فشواه
And for a young goat: to skin it, then roast it.
فإن نزع شعره وشواه، فسميط
If its hair was removed and it was roasted, it is called samit.
واللبن يخمطه ويخمطه: جعله في سقاء
And milk is khamatuhu: to put it in a waterskin.
والخماط: الشواء
And al-khimat: the roast meat.
والخمة: ريح نور العنب وشبهه
And al-khamtah: the smell of grape blossoms and the like.
والخمر التي أخذت ريحا، أو الحامضة مع ريح
And wine that has absorbed an aroma, or sour wine with an aroma.
ولبن خمط وخمة وخامط: طيب الريح، أو أخذ ريحا كريح النبق، والتفاح
And milk is khamt, khamtah, and khamit: pleasant smelling, or having absorbed an aroma like that of nabq fruit or apples.
وكذا سقاء خامط
And likewise a waterskin is khamit.
وخمط، كنصر وفرح، خمطا وخموطا وخمطا: طاب ريحه، وتغيرت، ضد
And khamta, like nasara and fariha, khamtan and khumutan and khamtan: its smell became pleasant, or it changed, the opposite.
وخمطته، ويحرك: رائحته
And khamatatuhu, and it is vocalized with movement: its smell.
والخمط: الحامض، أو المر من كل شيء
And al-khamt: the sour, or the bitter of everything.
وكل نبت أخذ طعما من مرارة
And every plant that has acquired a taste of bitterness.
والحمل القليل من كل شجر
And a small quantity of fruit from any tree.
وشجر كالسدر، وشجر قاتل، أو كل شجر لا شوك له
And trees like the sidr, and poisonous trees, or every tree without thorns.
وثمر الأراك، وثمر فسوة الضبع
And the fruit of the arak, and the fruit of the hyena's excrement.
وتخمط: تكبر، وغضب، كخمط، بالكسر
And takhammata: to be arrogant, and angry, like khamita, with kasr.
والفحل: هدر
And the stallion: roared.
والبحر: التطم
And the sea: surged.
والمتخمط: القهار الغلاب، والشديد الغضب له جلبة من شدة غضبه
And al-mutakhammit: the overpowering victor, and the intensely angry one who makes a clamor from the severity of his anger.
وأرض خمة، وتكسر ميمه: طيبة الريح
And land is khamtah, and its mim is vocalized with kasr: pleasant smelling.
وبحر خمط الأمواج، ككتف: ملتطمها
And a sea of khamt al-amwaj, like kutuf: its crashing waves.