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ث ف ر ق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the small, often overlooked parts of fruits, particularly dates, such as the cap or stem. It also extends to describe things that are small, insignificant, or undeveloped, like unripened milk.

Derived headwords

الثُّفْرُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Date capclassical

    The cap or stem of a date fruit.

  2. 2.
    Part of date stemclassical

    What is attached to the date cap.

  3. 3.
    Connection to date pitclassical

    The connection between the date pit and its cap.

ثَفَارِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Date capsclassical

    Plural of 'thufruq', referring to the caps of dates.

  2. 2.
    Unripe palm fruit capsclassical

    The caps of unripe palm fruits (busr).

  3. 3.
    Clusters of datesclassical

    Clusters of dates from which the main fruit has been eaten, leaving a few remaining.

ثَفْرُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Cluster of datesclassical

    A cluster of dates after the main fruit has been eaten, leaving a few remaining.

  2. 2.
    Insignificant thingclassical

    Something of little value or importance.

مُثَفْرِقadjective
  1. 1.
    Undeveloped milkclassical

    Milk that has not yet curdled or thickened.

تَثَفْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    Milk not curdlingclassical

    The milk did not curdle or thicken.

Parallel reading

الثفروق بالضم: قمع التمرة
The thufruq (with damma): the cap of the date.
قراد كثفروق النواة ضئيل
A small tick like the cap of a date pit.
أو ما يلزم به قمعها
Or what is attached to its cap.
الثفارِيق أقماع البسر
The thafarīq are the caps of unripe dates (busr).
علاقة ما بين النواة والقمع
The connection between the pit and the cap.
ويلقى من الثفاريق والتمر
And from the clusters and dates [some are given].
العنقود إذا أكل ما عليه فهو ثفروق وعمشوش
The cluster, when what is on it has been eaten, it is a thafruq and a 'amshush.
يراد بالثفاريق العناقيد يخرط ما عليها فتبقى عليها التمرة والتمرتان والثلاث يخطئها المخلب فتلقى للمساكين
By thafarīq are meant the clusters from which the fruit is stripped, leaving one, two, or three dates that the picker misses, which are then given to the poor.
ماله ثفروق أي شيء
He has nothing, not even a thafruq (insignificant thing).
ولبن مثفرق كمدحرج لم يرب بعد
And milk that is muthafriqun, like 'mudahraj', has not yet curdled.
وقد تثفرق اللبن لم يرب
And the milk may become muthafriqun, not having curdled.