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علهز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of food made during famine and the state of undercooked meat. The primary derived term describes this famine food.

Derived headwords

العُلْهُزnoun
  1. 1.
    Famine foodclassical

    A type of food that people used to make from blood and camel hair during times of famine.

مُعَلْهَزadjective
  1. 1.
    Undercookedclassical

    Describing meat that has not been properly cooked or is not yet done.

Parallel reading

العلهز بالكسر: طعام كانوا يتخذونه من الدم ووبر البعير في سني المجاعة.
Al-'ulhuz (with kasra): a food they used to make from blood and camel hair in the years of famine.
ولحم معلهز، إذا لم ينضج.
And meat is mu'lahiz, if it is not cooked.