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ضيح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns diluted or thinned liquids, especially milk. It describes the act of thinning or diluting, and the resulting thinned liquid itself. It can also refer to the act of giving someone this diluted liquid.

Derived headwords

الضَّيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    thin milkboth

    Milk that has been diluted or thinned, often with water.

الضِّياحnoun
  1. 1.
    thin milkboth

    Milk that has been diluted or thinned, often with water.

ضيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to dilute milkboth

    To mix milk, often with water, until it becomes thin.

  2. 2.
    to give thin milkclassical

    To give someone diluted milk to drink.

تضييحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dilutingboth

    The act of mixing milk until it becomes thin.

Parallel reading

الضَّيْح والضياح بالفتح: اللبن الرقيق الممزوج.
Al-ḍayḥ and al-ḍiyāḥ, with fatḥa: thin, mixed milk.
فامتخضا وسقيانى الضيحا
So they churned it and gave me to drink the thin milk.
وضيحت اللبن تضييحا: مزجته حتى صار ضيحا.
And you diluted the milk, a diluting, meaning you mixed it until it became thin milk.
وضيحت الرجل: سقيته الضيح.
And you gave the man the thin milk, meaning you gave him to drink the thin milk.