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ميع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of melting, flowing, and liquefaction. It extends to related ideas of fluidity, swiftness, and the early stages of things, such as youth or the beginning of the day. It also includes a specific type of resin.

Derived headwords

ماعَ يَميعُverb
  1. 1.
    to meltboth

    Said of fat when it liquefies and becomes fluid.

  2. 2.
    to flowboth

    Said of a poured substance when it flows.

  3. 3.
    to run on the groundboth

    Said of something when it flows or runs on the surface of the earth.

الميعnoun
  1. 1.
    meltingboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of 'to melt', referring to the process of liquefaction.

  2. 2.
    flowingboth

    The flowing of a poured substance.

  3. 3.
    liquefactionboth

    The act of something flowing on the face of the earth.

تمَيَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    it flowed, similar to the aboveboth

    it flowed, similar to the above

الميعةnoun
  1. 1.
    livelinessclassical

    Vivacity, energy, or sprightliness.

  2. 2.
    first gallopclassical

    The initial burst of speed or gallop of a horse.

  3. 3.
    early youthclassical

    The beginning or early stages of youth.

  4. 4.
    early morningclassical

    The beginning of the day, dawn.

  5. 5.
    resinclassical

    A type of gum that flows from trees in the land of Rum. When cooked, the clear part is liquid resin, and the residue is solid resin.

Parallel reading

ماع السمن يميع، إذا ذاب.
Fat melts (ma'a yamiy'u) when it liquefies.
والميع: سيلان الشئ المصبوب.
And al-mī' is the flowing of a poured substance.
وقد ماع الشئ يميع، إذا جرى على وجه الأرض.
And a thing has flowed (mā'a yamī'u) when it runs on the face of the earth.
وتمَيَّع مثله.
And it flowed similarly (tamayya'a).
والميعة: النشاط، وأول جري الفرس، وأول الشباب، وأول النهار.
And al-mī'ah is liveliness, the first gallop of a horse, the beginning of youth, and the beginning of the day.
والميعة أيضا: صمغ يسيل من شجر ببلاد الروم، يؤخذ فيطبخ، فما صفا منه فهو الميعة السائلة، وما بقي منه شبه الثجير فهو الميعة اليابسة.
And al-mī'ah is also a gum that flows from trees in the land of Rum. It is taken and cooked; what is clear from it is the liquid al-mī'ah, and what remains of it, resembling coagulated milk, is the solid al-mī'ah.