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الطحرف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes thin, watery substances, particularly food preparations resembling porridge or gruel, and also refers to thin or light layers of butter or clouds.

Derived headwords

الطَّحْرَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin gruelboth

    A thin liquid food, less thick than 'aseeda' (a traditional porridge-like dish).

الطَّحْرَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin gruelboth

    A thin liquid food, less thick than 'aseeda' (a traditional porridge-like dish).

  2. 2.
    Thin butterboth

    The light, frothy, or thin part of butter.

  3. 3.
    Thin cloudsboth

    Light or scattered clouds in the sky.

Parallel reading

حسا رقيق دون العصيدة
A thin gruel, less than 'aseeda'.
والرقيق من الزبد
And the thin part of butter.
ومن السحاب
And of the clouds.