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الدمحق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of souring or becoming stale, particularly concerning milk, and also to the act of soaking or saturating something, like a garment.

Derived headwords

الدَمحَقnoun
  1. 1.
    stale milkclassical

    Milk that has become old or sour.

دَمحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to soakclassical

    To saturate a garment with water, specifically water used for washing bran.

دَمْحُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    snotclassical

    A term for nasal mucus.

Parallel reading

الدمحق، كجعفر: اللبن البائت.
Al-damḥaq, like Ja'far: stale milk.
وكقنفذ: المسعط.
And like qunfudh: the snot.
وكعصفور: الدحموق.
And like 'uṣfūr: al-damḥūq.
ودمحق الثوب: سقاه ماء النخالة.
And damḥaqa the garment: he soaked it with bran water.