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صغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating, specifically consuming a large amount of food. It also extends to actions involving liquids, such as moistening or soaking.

Derived headwords

صَغَاverb
  1. 1.
    to eat a lotclassical

    To consume food in large quantities.

صَغْصَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to moistenclassical

    To make something moist or wet, often by soaking or dipping.

صَغْصَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to soakclassical

    To immerse something in a liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.

Parallel reading

أكل أكلا كثيرا.
He ate a lot.
وصغصغ شعره: رجله
And he moistened his hair: he soaked it.
و الثريدة: سغسغها.
And the thareedah (a dish of bread soaked in broth): he soaked it.