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طلفح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of breadth, thinness, and stretching, particularly in the context of food preparation and the resulting thinness of bread. It also extends to meanings of hunger and exhaustion.

Derived headwords

الطَّلْفَحnoun
  1. 1.
    breadth, widthclassical

    Refers to something broad or wide.

الطُّلْفُحnoun
  1. 1.
    thin marrowclassical

    Refers to the thin marrow of bones.

طلفحهverb
  1. 1.
    to make thin and spreadclassical

    To make bread thin and spread it out.

المُطَلْفَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin bread, waferclassical

    A thin piece of bread, often implying a delicacy.

  2. 2.
    money, dirhamsclassical

    Figuratively, referring to money, especially when scarce.

الطُّلَنْفَحadjective
  1. 1.
    hungryclassical

    Describing someone who is hungry.

طُلَنْفَحِيْنَاadjective
  1. 1.
    exhausted, wearyclassical

    Describing a state of being tired or exhausted.

Parallel reading

الطلافح: العراض
Al-talafih: the broad ones.
وبالضم: المخ الرقيق
And with damma: the thin marrow.
طلفحه، أي الخبز وفلطحه: إذا أرقه وبسطه
Talaffahu, meaning bread, and falatahu: if he thinned it and spread it.
إذا ضنوا عليك بالمطلفحة فكل رغيفك
If they are stingy with you regarding the thin bread, then eat your loaf.
أي إذا بخل عليك الأمراء بالرقاقة التي هي من طعام المترفين والأغنياء فاقنع برغيفك
Meaning, if the rulers are stingy with you regarding the thin wafer which is from the food of the luxurious and the rich, then be content with your loaf.
أراد بالمطلفحة الدراهم
He intended by al-mutalfaḥah the dirhams.
والطلنفح، كغضنفر: الجائع
And al-ṭalanfaḥ, like ghaḍanfar: the hungry one.
ويقال: المعيى التعب
And it is said: the exhausted, the tired.
ونصبح بالغداة أتر شيء ونمسي بالعشي طلنفحينا
And we wake up in the morning feeling most refreshed, and we spend the evening exhausted.