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رجف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to things being thin, watery, or fluid, often with a sense of trembling or shaking. It encompasses concepts like thin foam, watery dough, and a type of dye.

Derived headwords

رَجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wateryboth

    The dough became watery and thin.

رَخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    thin foamclassical

    Thin foam, like the froth of milk or water.

  2. 2.
    watery doughclassical

    A large amount of dough with excessive water, making it loose and fluid.

  3. 3.
    type of dyeclassical

    A specific kind of dye or coloring agent.

رَخْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin foamclassical

    Thin foam, similar to 'rakhf'.

  2. 2.
    thin mudclassical

    Watery mud or soft, thin clay.

أَرْخَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to make wateryclassical

    To make something watery or thin, specifically referring to dough.

Parallel reading

الرخف والرخفة: الزبد الرقيق.
Al-rakhf and al-rakhfah: thin foam.
أرخف زبد أيسر أم نهيد
Is the foam thin, or is it thick?
يقول: أرقيق هو أم غليظ.
He means: Is it thin or thick?
والرخف أيظا: العجين الكثير الماء المسترخى.
And al-rakhf also: a large amount of dough with much water, making it loose.
وقد رجف العجين رخفا، مثال تعب تعبا.
And the dough became watery with a watery consistency, like 'ta'iba ta'aban' (got tired).
وأرخفته أنا.
And I made it watery.
ويقال: صار الماء رخفة، أي طينا رقيقا، وقد يحرك لأجل حرف الحلق.
And it is said: The water became 'rakhfah', meaning thin mud, and it might be vocalized differently for the throat letter.
والرخف أيضا: ضرب من الصبغ.
And al-rakhf also: a type of dye.