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سملك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming food, particularly focusing on the manner in which it is done. It describes the process of taking in food, often with an emphasis on the size or the way it is manipulated before ingestion.

Derived headwords

سَمَلَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To take food into the stomach by passing it through the throat.

سَمْلَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingclassical

    The act or process of swallowing food.

Parallel reading

سملك اللقمة: طولها في لملمة وتدوير.
To swallow a morsel: to lengthen it while gathering and rolling it.