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الرضف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns heated stones used for cooking or branding, and by extension, things cooked or branded by them. It also extends to anatomical terms related to the knee and a metaphorical meaning of a severe calamity.

Derived headwords

الرَّضْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Heated stonesclassical

    Stones that are heated, often used to boil milk or cook food.

المرضافةnoun
  1. 1.
    Similar to heated stonesclassical

    A term used to describe something similar to heated stones, likely in the context of cooking or heating.

رَضَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To brandclassical

    To cauterize or brand something using heated stones.

  2. 2.
    To press togetherclassical

    To press or squeeze together, like fingers or bones.

عِظَامٌ فِي الرُّكْبَةِnoun
  1. 1.
    Knee bonesclassical

    Bones in the knee, described as resembling closed fingers pressed against each other.

مَا بَيْنَ الكُرَاعِ وَالذِّرَاعِnoun
  1. 1.
    Part of a horse's legclassical

    The part of a horse's leg located between the hock (kura') and the forearm (dhirā').

رَضْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Kneecapboth

    A single bone in the knee, or the general area of the knee joint.

  2. 2.
    Brand markclassical

    A mark made by branding with heated stones.

مُطْفِئَةُ الرَّضْفِnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamityclassical

    A severe disaster or calamity that surpasses previous ones, metaphorically linked to a substance that melts and extinguishes heat.

الرَّضِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Boiled milkclassical

    Milk that is boiled or heated using a 'radīfah' (heated stone).

مَرْضُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Roasted meatclassical

    Meat that is roasted or cooked on heated stones.

  2. 2.
    Cooked by heated stonesclassical

    Anything that has been cooked or prepared using heated stones.

رَضَفَ بِسِلْحِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To throwclassical

    To throw something, often with force or a specific intention.

رَضَفَ الوِسَادَةَverb
  1. 1.
    To fold a cushionclassical

    To fold or double over a cushion or pillow.

مَرْضُوفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Cooked stomach (dish)classical

    A dish made from a cooked animal stomach, prepared using a specific method involving heated stones.

سِمَةٌ تُكْوَى بِحِجَارَةٍnoun
  1. 1.
    Branding markclassical

    A mark or brand applied using heated stones.

رَضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To heat stonesclassical

    To heat stones until they are very hot, typically for cooking or branding.

Parallel reading

الحجارة المحماة يوغر بها اللبن
Heated stones by which milk is boiled.
ورضفه يرضفه: كواه بها
And he branded him with it, he brands him.
وهي من الفرس: ما بين الكراع والذراع
And it (the 'radfah') is from a horse: what is between the hock and the forearm.
ومطفئة الرضف: داهية تنسي التي قبلها
And 'Mutfi'at al-Radf': a calamity that makes one forget the one before it.
والرضيف، كأمير: اللبن يغلى بالرضفة
And 'al-Radīf', like 'amīr': milk that is boiled with a heated stone.
والمرضوف: شواء يشوى عليها، وما أنضج بها
And 'al-Marḍūf': grilled meat cooked on it, and whatever is cooked by it.
ورضف بسلحه: رمى
And he threw with his load: he threw.
والوسادة: ثناها
And the cushion: he folded it.
والمرضوفة في قول الكميت: ومرضوفة لم تؤن في الطبخ طاهيا ... عجلت إلى محورها حين غرغرا
And 'al-Marḍūfah' in the saying of Al-Kumait: And a 'marḍūfah' which was not delayed in cooking for the cook... it hurried to its core when it gurgled.
فإذا أرادوا أن يطبخوا، وليست قدر، قطعوا اللحم وألقوه في الكرش، ثم عمدوا إلى حجارة، فأوقدوا عليها حتى تحمى، ثم يلقونها في الكرش
And when they wanted to cook, and there was no pot, they would cut the meat and throw it into the stomach, then they would go to stones, and light a fire under them until they were heated, then they would throw them into the stomach.
والرضفة، محركة: سمة تكوى بحجارة
And 'al-Radfah', with harakah: a brand mark that is cauterized with stones.
ورضفات العرب: أربعة: شيبان، وتغلب، وبهراء، وإياد
And the 'Radfāt' of the Arabs: four: Shaybān, Taghlib, Bahra', and Iyad.