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كرفء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are elevated, layered, or rising. It extends to the foamy scum of boiling liquids and the upper layer of eggshells, suggesting a connection to rising or surface phenomena.

Derived headwords

الكَرْفَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated cloudsclassical

    Refers to high-reaching clouds, often layered one above another.

كَرْفَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A piece of elevated cloudclassical

    A single portion or segment of the layered, elevated clouds described by الكرفاء.

الكَرْفَئُnoun
  1. 1.
    Upper eggshell layerclassical

    The uppermost, thin layer or membrane of an eggshell.

  2. 2.
    Foam of boiling

    The scum or froth that rises to the surface of a liquid when it is boiling.

كَرْفَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To foam up

    Said of a pot or liquid when it begins to boil and produce foam or scum.

Parallel reading

الكرفئ: السحاب المرتفع الذي بعضه فوق بعض
Al-kurfa'u: The elevated clouds, some of which are above others.
والقطعة منه كرفئة
And a piece of it is kurfa'ah.
ككرفئة (1) الغيث ذات الصبي‍ ر ترمى السحاب ويرمى بها (2)
Like the kurfa'ah of the rain, possessing endurance, the clouds are struck and struck by it.
والكرفئ: قشر البيض الاعلى
And al-kurfa'u: the upper layer of the eggshell.
ونظر أبو الغوث الاعرابي إلى قرطاس رقيق فقال: غرقئ تحت كرفئ
And Abu al-Ghawth al-Arabi looked at a thin piece of parchment and said: 'Gharqa' beneath kurfa'u.'
وكرفأت القدر: أزبدت للغلى
And the pot kurfa'at: it foamed up for boiling.