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ذيء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of food becoming tender and falling off the bone, often through cooking. It also extends to the idea of decay, corruption, or breaking apart, particularly in the context of wounds or sores.

Derived headwords

ذِيَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become tenderboth

    Said of meat that has been cooked to the point where it is very tender and easily separates from the bone.

تَذَيَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become tenderboth

    The meat became tender and fell off the bone due to cooking.

  2. 2.
    to decayclassical

    Said of a sore or wound that has become corrupted, broken apart, and is in a state of decay.

وتذيأت القرحة، فسدت وتقطعت — And the sore decayed, becoming corrupt and broken apart.
تَذْيِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tendernessclassical

    The state of meat becoming tender and falling off the bone, achieved through cooking.

  2. 2.
    decayclassical

    The process of a wound or sore becoming corrupt and breaking apart.

Parallel reading

ذيأت اللحم فتذيأ، إذا أنضجته حتى يسقط من عظمه.
You tenderized the meat until it became tender, meaning you cooked it until it fell from its bone.
وتذيأت القرحة، فسدت وتقطعت.
And the sore decayed, becoming corrupt and broken apart.