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تخخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of sourness or fermentation, specifically in the context of dough. It also includes a secondary meaning related to the imitation of a sound.

Derived headwords

التَّخُّnoun
  1. 1.
    sour doughboth

    Refers to dough that has become sour, likely due to fermentation.

تَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    sour doughboth

    sour dough

  2. 2.
    to become sour (dough), with a kasra in the present tense and a damma in the verbal nounboth

    to become sour (dough), with a kasra in the present tense and a damma in the verbal noun

تَخُوخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    souringboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the process of dough becoming sour.

أتَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    his companion made it sourboth

    his companion made it sour

التَّخْتَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationclassical

    Refers to the act of imitating or mimicking a sound.

Parallel reading

العجين الحامض.
The sour dough.
وقد تخ تخوخا
And it became sour, a souring.
وأتخه صاحبه.
And its owner made it sour.
والتختخة: حكاية صوت
And 'al-takhtakha' is the imitation of a sound.