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هرشف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of absorbing or wiping up liquids, particularly water, with a coarse cloth. It also extends to the concept of a large, coarse piece of cloth used for this purpose, and by extension, can describe an old woman with a large head or coarse features.

Derived headwords

الهَرْشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse cloth for wipingclassical

    A piece of coarse cloth or garment used to wipe up rainwater from the ground, which is then wrung out, especially in times of water scarcity.

  2. 2.
    large old womanclassical

    A term used to describe an old woman, implying she is large or has coarse features.

يَنْشُفُverb
  1. 1.
    to dryboth

    To absorb or dry up liquid.

نَشْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small amount absorbedclassical

    A small amount of liquid that is absorbed or wiped up, enough to fill one's palm.

يَعْصِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to wring outboth

    To squeeze liquid out of something, such as a cloth.

الجَفّnoun
  1. 1.
    container for wringingclassical

    A container or vessel into which liquid is wrung out, typically from a cloth.

قِلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    the top of everythingboth

    the top of everything

  2. 2.
    the human headboth

    the human head

  3. 3.
    the plural is qulalboth

    the plural is qulal

الكُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    palm of the handboth

    The hollow part of the hand; the palm.

عَجُوزnoun
  1. 1.
    an old womanboth

    an old woman

رَأْسnoun
  1. 1.
    so-and-so led the people, he leads them (yarʾasuhum) with fatḥa, leadership (riyāsatan)both

    so-and-so led the people, he leads them (yarʾasuhum) with fatḥa, leadership (riyāsatan)

  2. 2.
    repeat your words from the beginningboth

    repeat your words from the beginning

جَفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    he turned over the potboth

    he turned over the pot

  2. 2.
    he poured out what was in itboth

    he poured out what was in it

الكَبِيرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    oldboth

    Advanced in age; elderly.

Parallel reading

الهرشفة: قطعة خرقة أو كساء ينشف بها بها ماء المطر من الأرض ثم يعصر في الجف، وذلك في قلة الماء.
Al-harshafah: A piece of coarse cloth or garment used to wipe up rainwater from the ground, then wrung out into al-jaff, and this is in times of water scarcity.
طوبى لمن كانت له هرشفه ونشفة يملا منها كفه
Good fortune to him who has a harshfah and a nashfah with which he fills his palm.
كل عجوز رأسها كالكفه تحمل جفا معها هرشفه
Every old woman, her head is like the palm (of the hand), carrying coarseness, with her is a harshfah.
وهي الكبيرة
And she is the old one.