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ضهب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the process of exposing something, particularly meat or wooden objects, to heat or fire. It describes meat that is partially cooked and the action of tempering or shaping wood by heating it.

Derived headwords

مضهبadjective
  1. 1.
    partially cookedclassical

    Describes meat that has been roasted but not thoroughly cooked, still retaining some rawness.

تضهيبverb
  1. 1.
    to temper by heatingclassical

    The act of exposing a bow or spear to fire as part of the process of shaping and strengthening it.

Parallel reading

لحم مضهب، إذا شوي ولم يبالغ في نضجه.
Partially cooked meat, if roasted and not overdone.
نمش بأعراف الجياد أكفنا * إذا نحن قمنا عن شواء مضهب
We would smear our hands with the manes of swift steeds * when we rose from partially cooked roast.
وتضهيب القوس والرمح: عرضهما على النار عند التثقيف.
And tempering the bow and the spear: exposing them to fire during the shaping process.