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طحرب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to pieces or fragments, particularly of cloth, and by extension, to small amounts of clouds in the sky. It describes something that is torn or a small, insignificant portion.

Derived headwords

طُحْرُبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ragboth

    A piece of torn cloth, a rag.

طُحْرُبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cloud fragmentclassical

    A small piece or patch of cloud in the sky.

Parallel reading

ما على فلان طحربة وطحربة وطحربة
So-and-so has no rag.
أي قطعة خرقة
Meaning a piece of cloth.
وما في السماء طحربة
And there is no cloud fragment in the sky.
أي شئ من غيم
Meaning anything of cloud.