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مغغ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of chewing or masticating something incompletely, often implying a lack of thoroughness or clarity. It extends to actions like lapping, mixing, and handling things poorly or weakly.

Derived headwords

مَغْمَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    incomplete chewingboth

    The act of chewing something without fully masticating it, as if not chewing it thoroughly.

مَغْمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to chew incompletelyboth

    To masticate food without thoroughness, not chewing it well.

  2. 2.
    to mumbleboth

    To speak indistinctly, without clarifying one's words, similar to mumbling.

  3. 3.
    to lapclassical

    To lick liquid, as a dog laps water from a bowl.

  4. 4.
    to soakclassical

    To immerse or soak a garment in water, similar to agitating it.

  5. 5.
    to moistenclassical

    To moisten something, particularly food like thareed, with fat or broth.

  6. 6.
    to mixboth

    To mix things together.

  7. 7.
    to become mixedclassical

    For a matter or affair to become confused or mixed up.

المُمَغْمَغadjective
  1. 1.
    mixedclassical

    Describing something that is mixed or confused.

المَغْمَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak workclassical

    Performing an action in a weak or ineffective manner.

  2. 2.
    poor workclassical

    Describing work or an action as being of poor quality or substandard.

تَمَغْمَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to nibble grassclassical

    To eat or graze on a small amount of grass or herbage.

  2. 2.
    to gain fatclassical

    For wealth or property to increase or gain value, specifically by becoming fatter or more substantial.

Parallel reading

مغمغ اللحم
He chewed the meat incompletely.
مغمغ كلامه: إذا لم يبينه
He mumbled his words: meaning he did not clarify them.
مغمغ الكلب في الإناء، أي: ولغ
The dog lapped in the vessel, meaning it licked.
مغمغ الثوب في الماء: مثل غثغثه أي: معسه
He soaked the garment in water: meaning he agitated it, i.e., he rubbed it.
مغمغ الثريد: رواه دسما
He moistened the thareed: he drenched it with fat.
ومغمغ الشيء: خلطه
And he mixed the thing.
مغمغ الأمر: اختلط
The matter became mixed up.
ما منك خلط الخلق الممغمغ
From you is not the mixing of the confused creation.
والمغمغة: العمل الضعيف
And the weak action: is performing work weakly.
تمغمغ الشيء من العشب
He nibbled something from the grass.
تمغمغ المال: إذا جرى فيه السمن
The wealth gained fat: meaning it increased.