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الدهلقة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of skinning or flaying an animal, specifically focusing on the process of removing the hide. It implies a thorough and potentially aggressive removal of the skin until it detaches.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    skinningboth

    The act of taking the hide of an animal and flaying it until it detaches.

دَهْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to skinboth

    To take the hide of an animal and flay it until it detaches.

تَدَهْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be skinnedboth

    To have the hide removed from an animal.

Parallel reading

أخذك جلد الدابة تحلقه حتى تراه يتملص.
Your taking the hide of the animal, flaying it until you see it detach.