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وضر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of greasiness, fat, and residue, particularly that which clings to vessels or food. It also extends to the unpleasant smell of spoiled food and the remnants of substances like henna.

Derived headwords

الوَضَرnoun
  1. 1.
    grease, fat, residueboth

    The grease, fat, or residue that clings to things, especially to cooking vessels or food.

  2. 2.
    stench of spoiled foodclassical

    The smell that one perceives from spoiled food.

  3. 3.
    remnantsclassical

    The leftover residue of substances like henna.

وضرتverb
  1. 1.
    to be greasy, to become fattyboth

    The past tense verb indicating that something, like a cooking pot, became greasy or fatty.

تَوْضَرُverb
  1. 1.
    to be greasy, to become fattyboth

    The present tense verb indicating that something is becoming greasy or fatty.

وَضْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    greasiness, fattinessboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) indicating the state or action of being greasy or fatty.

Parallel reading

الدرن والدسم.
The grease and fat.
وضرت القصعة توضر وضرا، أي دسمت.
The cooking pot became greasy, it becomes greasy with greasiness, meaning it became fatty.
سيغني أبا الهندي عن وطب سالم أباريق لم يعلق بها وضر الزبد
Pitchers to which the residue of butter has not clung will suffice Abu al-Hindi instead of a sound waterskin.
ما يشمه الإنسان من ريح يجده من طعام فاسد.
What a person smells of a scent they find from spoiled food.
بقية الهناء وغيره: الوضر.
The remainder of henna and other things: the residue.