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لفء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of peeling, stripping, or flaying something, whether it be skin from an animal, bark from a tree, or clouds from the sky. It also extends to the concept of a piece of meat without bone.

Derived headwords

لَفَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To remove the skin or outer layer from something, such as bark from a tree or flesh from bone.

  2. 2.
    to strip awayboth

    To clear or remove something, like the wind clearing clouds from the sky.

لَفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    peelingclassical

    The act of peeling or stripping something.

لَفَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to strip fleshboth

    To strip flesh from bone, to flay it.

لَفْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of meatboth

    A piece of meat that does not contain any bone, similar to a 'naḥḍah' or 'habbara'.

لَفَأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a stickclassical

    To strike someone or something with a stick.

Parallel reading

لَفَأت العود: قشرته.
To peel the wood: to strip its bark.
ويقال لفأت الريح السحاب عن وجه السماء.
And it is said the wind stripped the clouds from the face of the sky.
لفأت اللحم عن العظم: جلفته عنه وقشرته.
To strip the flesh from the bone: to peel it off and skin it.
واللفئة (1) : البضعة التي لا عظم فيها نحو النحضة والهبرة والوذرة.
And the 'laf'ah': a piece of meat without bone, like the 'naḥḍah', 'habbara', and 'wadhrah'.
لفأه: بالعصا: ضربه بها.
To strike him with a stick: to hit him with it.