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ش خ ف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the sound of milk, particularly during milking, and by extension, the milk itself. It is associated with a specific dialectal usage.

Derived headwords

الشَّخَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Milkclassical

    Milk, specifically referred to as a term used by the Himyarite dialect.

شَخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of milkingclassical

    The sound made by milk during the process of milking.

شَخْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Milkclassical

    Milk, named after the sound it makes during milking.

Parallel reading

هو اللبن، لغة حميرية
It is milk, a Himyarite dialect.
الشخف: صوته عند الحلب
Ash-shakhf: its sound during milking.
يقال: سمعت له شخفا
It is said: I heard a shakhf from it.
كأن صوت شخبها ذي الشخف كشيش أفعى في يبيس قف
As if the sound of its milking, the one with the shakhf, is like the hissing of a snake on dry ground.
وبه سمى اللبن شخافا
And by this, milk was named shakhāfan.