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مضغه

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of chewing, masticating, and the substances involved in this process. It extends to related concepts like small matters, specific anatomical parts, and even the ripeness of dates.

Derived headwords

مَضَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to chewboth

    To masticate food with the teeth.

مَضْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lump of fleshboth

    A piece of flesh or other substance, often referring to a small, chewed portion.

  2. 2.
    small mattersclassical

    The minor or insignificant aspects of affairs.

مَضْغَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    chewed substanceboth

    That which is being chewed or has been chewed.

  2. 2.
    soft morselboth

    A soft piece of food that is easy to chew.

مَضَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chewed matterboth

    That which is chewed, similar to 'maḍgha'.

  2. 2.
    soft foodboth

    A soft substance that is easily chewed.

مِضَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    An idiot or a foolish person.

مَضَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chewed thingboth

    Something that has been chewed.

مُضَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    An idiot or a foolish person.

مُضْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lump of fleshboth

    A piece of flesh or other substance.

مَضْغُnoun
  1. 1.
    chewingboth

    The act of masticating.

مَضْغَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessboth

    Softness, particularly of the mouth or throat, making chewing easy.

مَضِيغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flesh on boneboth

    Any flesh attached to a bone.

  2. 2.
    horse's muscleclassical

    The muscle beneath the foreleg of a horse.

  3. 3.
    bowstring loopclassical

    The part of the bowstring that attaches to the bow, or the loop itself.

  4. 4.
    tendonclassical

    A tendon or sinew.

  5. 5.
    muscleclassical

    A muscle.

مَاِضْغَانnoun
  1. 1.
    jaw rootsclassical

    The roots of the jaws near the molars.

  2. 2.
    jaw veinsclassical

    Two veins in the jaw.

أَمْضَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to reach ripenessclassical

    Said of date palms when they reach the time of being edible and chewable.

  2. 2.
    to find palatableclassical

    Said of meat when it is found to be tasty and eaten.

مَاضَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to strive in battleclassical

    To exert oneself vigorously in combat.

Parallel reading

مَضَغَهُ كَمَا يَمْضَغُ الْبَعِيرُ
He chewed it like a camel chews.
وَكَسَحَابٍ: مَا يُمْضَغُ
And like 'sahab': that which is chewed.
وَالْمَضَاغَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: مَا مَضَغَ
And 'al-maḍāgha', with damma: that which is chewed.
وَالْمَضَاغَةُ، بِالتَّشْدِيدِ: الْأَحْمَقُ
And 'al-miḍāgha', with shadda: the fool.
وَالْمُضْغَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: قِطْعَةُ لَحْمٍ وَغَيْرِهِ
And 'al-muḍgha', with damma: a piece of flesh or other substance.
وَمَضْغُ الْأُمُورِ، كَسَكِرَ: صِغَارُهَا
And 'maḍghu' al-umūr, like 'sakira': its small matters.
وَكَسَفِينَةٍ: كُلُّ لَحْمٍ عَلَى عَظْمٍ
And like 'safīna': all flesh on a bone.
وَلَحْمَةٌ تَحْتَ نَاهِضِ الْفَرَسِ
And the flesh beneath the foreleg of a horse.
وَعُقْبَةُ الْقَوْسِ الَّتِي عَلَى طَرَفِ السَّيْتَيْنِ
And the loop of the bowstring that is on the end of the two limbs.
أَوْ عُقْبَةُ الْقِسِيِّ الْمَمْضُوغَةُ
Or the loop of the chewed bows.
وَاللِّهْزَمَةُ، وَالْعَضَلَةُ
And the 'lahzama', and the muscle.
وَالْمَاِضْغَانِ: أُصُولُ اللِّحْيَيْنِ عِنْدَ مَنْبِتِ الْأَضْرَاسِ
And 'al-māḍighān': the roots of the jaws near the place of growth of the molars.
أَوْ عِرْقَانِ فِي اللِّحْيَيْنِ
Or two veins in the jaws.
وَأَمْضَغَ النَّخْلُ: صَارَ فِي وَقْتِ طِيبِهِ حَتَّى يُمْضَغَ
And the date palms 'amḍagha': reached their time of ripeness so they can be chewed.
وَاللَّحْمُ: اسْتَطِيبَ وَأُكِلَ
And the meat 'amḍagha': was found palatable and eaten.
وَمَاضَغَهُ فِي الْقِتَالِ: جَادَهُ فِيهِ
And he 'māḍhaghahu' in the fight: he exerted himself greatly in it.