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غرقء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the shell of an egg, specifically the inner membrane or layer beneath the hard outer shell. It also touches upon the grammatical function of hamza (glottal stop) in certain words.

Derived headwords

الغَرْقَئُnoun
  1. 1.
    egg shell membraneboth

    The thin, papery layer found inside the hard outer shell of an egg, just beneath it.

غَرِقَverb
  1. 1.
    he drowned in the waterboth

    he drowned in the water

  2. 2.
    drownedboth

    drowned

  3. 3.
    he drowned himboth

    he drowned him

الكَرْفَئَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant, possibly a type of herb or weed, whose name is cited as an example of a word with an extra hamza.

الطَهْلَئَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant, possibly a type of herb or weed, whose name is cited as an example of a word with an extra hamza.

Parallel reading

الغرقئ: قشر البيض الذي تحت القيض.
Al-gharqā': The eggshell that is beneath the shell.
قال الفراء: همزته زائدة، لانه من الغرق.
Al-Farra' said: its hamza is extra, because it is from (the root) gh-r-q (meaning to drown/sink).
وكذلك الهمزة في الكرفئة والطهلئة، زائدتان.
And likewise the hamza in al-kurfa'ah and al-tahl'ah are extra.