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زفت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns bitumen or tar, its application, and things coated with it. It relates to the substance itself and the process of coating or sealing.

Derived headwords

الزِّفْتnoun
  1. 1.
    like pitchboth

    like pitch

مُزَفَّتadjective
  1. 1.
    coated with bitumenboth

    Describing something that has been covered or sealed with bitumen or tar.

Parallel reading

الزفت: بالكسر: القير.
Az-zift (with kasra): bitumen.
ومنه المزفت،
And from it is al-muzaffat (coated with it),
تقول: جرة مزفتة، أي مطلية بالزفت.
You say: a jar muzaffata, meaning coated with bitumen.