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طملس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something dry, hard, or stale, particularly in relation to food like bread. It might also extend to concepts of being worn out or old.

Derived headwords

طَمْلَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dry/staleclassical

    To become dry, hard, and stale, especially referring to bread or baked goods.

طَمْلِسadjective
  1. 1.
    dry, staleclassical

    Describing something that has become dry, hard, and stale, often used for bread.

رغيف طملس — a dry loaf of bread
طَمْلِسْتَيْنadjective
  1. 1.
    dry, stale (dual)classical

    The dual form of طملس, describing two things that are dry, hard, and stale.

Parallel reading

رغيف طملس، بتشديد اللام، أي جاف.
A dry loaf of bread, with a shaddah on the lam, meaning dry.
قلت للعقيلي: هل أكلت شيئا؟
I said to Al-Uqayli: Have you eaten anything?
فقال: قرصتين طملستين.
And he said: Two dry flatbreads.