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الرخف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being soft, yielding, or loose, often applied to dough or liquids. It can also refer to a type of light, porous stone or a thin, watery mud.

Derived headwords

الرَّخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    light foamclassical

    A thin, loose, or yielding foam.

  2. 2.
    soft doughclassical

    A state of dough that has become soft and yielding.

  3. 3.
    type of dyeclassical

    A kind of dye or coloring agent.

رخفverb
  1. 1.
    to become softmodern

    The dough became soft, loose, and yielding.

  2. 2.
    to become loosemodern

    To become slack or relaxed in consistency.

رخفاnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessmodern

    The state of being soft, loose, or yielding, especially referring to dough.

رخفاnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessmodern

    The state of being soft, loose, or yielding, especially referring to dough.

رخافةnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessmodern

    The quality of being soft, loose, or yielding.

رخوفةnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessmodern

    The quality of being soft, loose, or yielding.

رخفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make softmodern

    To make dough soft and loose by adding more water.

الرَّخِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soft doughmodern

    Dough that has become soft and yielding.

الرَّخْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    light stonesclassical

    Light, soft stones that appear hollow or porous, resembling earthenware.

  2. 2.
    thin mudclassical

    Water that has become thin, watery mud.

رخافnoun
  1. 1.
    light stonesclassical

    Plural of الرَّخْفَة, referring to light, soft stones that appear hollow or porous.

Parallel reading

الزبد الرقيق، أو المسترخي، كالرخفة
The thin, or loose, foam, like the Rikhfah.
ورخف العجين، كنصر وفرح وكرم، رخفا ورخفا ورخافة ورخوفة: استرخى
And the dough became soft (using the verb forms 'rakhifa', 'rakhifa', 'rakhufah', 'rakhufah'), meaning it became loose.
وأرخفته أنا، و العجين: أكثرت ماءه
And I made it (the dough) soft: meaning I increased its water content.
والرخيفة: العجين المسترخي
And the Rikhifah: the soft, yielding dough.
والرخفة، والجمع: رخاف: حجارة خفاف رخوة كأنها جوف
And the Rikhfah, and its plural: Rikhāf: light, soft stones that seem hollow.
وصار الماء رخفة: طينا رقيقا
And the water became Rikhfah: thin mud.