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ث ف ل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of settling, sediment, or residue at the bottom of something. It extends to related ideas like dregs, what remains after consumption, and by extension, hardship or a state of scarcity. It also encompasses terms for specific objects like a water pitcher or the base of a millstone, and can describe slowness or stubbornness in animals.

Derived headwords

الثُّفْلnoun
  1. 1.
    sediment, dregsboth

    What settles at the bottom of a liquid, such as water, broth, or medicine, after the clear part has risen.

  2. 2.
    residue, remaining foodclassical

    What remains after consumption, particularly referring to food items other than milk, like dates and grains, for desert dwellers.

  3. 3.
    flour, fine powderclassical

    Specifically mentioned as flour in the context of a hadith, referring to provisions.

  4. 4.
    non-liquid foodclassical

    Anything that is not drunk, like bread and similar items.

الثَّافِلadjective
  1. 1.
    sedimentaryclassical

    Describing something that has sediment or dregs.

  2. 2.
    excrementclassical

    Sometimes used as a euphemism for excrement.

ثَفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to settle, to sedimentboth

    The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid.

  2. 2.
    to settle (a liquid)classical

    To cause sediment to settle in a liquid.

  3. 3.
    to scatter, to throw downclassical

    To scatter or throw down everything at once.

مُثَافِلnoun
  1. 1.
    those who eat dregsclassical

    People who eat the sediment or dregs, metaphorically referring to those who subsist on meager provisions.

الثِّفَالnoun
  1. 1.
    water pitcherclassical

    A type of pitcher, possibly for water or other liquids.

  2. 2.
    base of a millstoneboth

    The part of the millstone that is placed on the ground, often made of leather, to catch the ground grain.

  3. 3.
    lower millstoneclassical

    The stationary lower stone of a mill.

ثَفَّالadjective
  1. 1.
    slow, sluggishboth

    Describing a camel or other animal that is slow or reluctant to move.

أَثْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become turbidclassical

    A drink or liquid becoming turbid or having sediment.

تَثْفِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    eating with milkclassical

    Eating food along with milk.

  2. 2.
    making something lowerclassical

    The act of making something lower, like placing something beneath another.

مُتَثَفِّلadjective
  1. 1.
    hindered by bad veinsclassical

    Figuratively, someone who is hindered from achieving noble deeds, as if by bad veins.

ثُفْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a quantity of datesclassical

    A measure or quantity of dates, specifically mentioned as being in a bag (غرارة).

أبو ثُفَالname
  1. 1.
    Abu Thufal Al-Mirriclassical

    A poet and Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad), whose name was Thumamah bin Wa'il.

Parallel reading

ما استقر تحت الشيء من كدرة ونحوها
What settles beneath something from turbidity and the like.
يقال: ثفل الماء والمرق والدواء وغيرها: أي علا صفوه ورسب ثفله
It is said: the water, broth, medicine, and others 'thafala', meaning its clear part rose and its sediment settled.
ليس الثفل كالمحض: أي ليس من يأكل الثفل كشارب المحض
The dregs are not like pure milk: meaning he who eats the dregs is not like he who drinks pure milk.
هم مثافلون: أي يأكلون الثفل أي يتبلغون به
They are 'muthafālin': meaning they eat the dregs, i.e., they subsist on them.
أهل البدو يسمون ما سوى اللبن من تمر وحب: ثفلا أي ما لهم لبن وتلك أشد الحال عندهم
The Bedouins call what is other than milk, from dates and grains: 'thafalan', meaning they have no milk, and that is the direst condition for them.
من كان معه ثفل فليصطنع
Whoever has flour with him, let him prepare food.
وما لا يشرب كالخبز ونحوه ثفل
And what is not drunk, like bread and the like, is 'thafal'.
أنه أكل الدجر ثم غسل يده بالثفال
That he ate lupine beans then washed his hand with the pitcher.
ما وقيت به الرحى من الأرض وهو جلد يبسط فتوضع فوقه الرحى
What protects the millstone from the ground, which is a piece of leather spread out upon which the millstone is placed.
تدقهم الفتن دق الرحى بثفالها
The tribulations grind them like a millstone with its base.
يكون ثفالها شرقي نجد ولهوتها قضاعة أجمعونا
Its base is the east of Najd, and its handle is all of Quda'ah.
فتعرككم عرك الرحى بثفالها
And it grinds you like a millstone with its base.
الحجر الأسفل من الرحى ربما سمى بذلك
The lower stone of the millstone is sometimes named thus.
جمل ثفل وثفال
A camel that is slow and sluggish.
تكون فيها مثل الجمل الثفال الذي لا ينبعث إلا كرها
It will be in it like the sluggish camel which does not move except with reluctance.
ثفله يثفله ثفلا: نثره كله بمرة واحدة
He scattered it all at once.
أثفل الشراب: صار فيه ثفل
The drink became turbid: sediment appeared in it.
تثفله عرق سوء وهو متثفل بعروق السوء: إذا قصر به عن المكارم
Bad veins hinder him, and he is hindered by bad veins: meaning he falls short of noble deeds.
وثفلت عن اللبن بالطعام تثفيلا: أي أكلت الطعام مع اللبن
And I ate food with milk, meaning I ate food along with milk.
في الغرارة ثفلة من تمر
In the bag is a quantity of dates.
تبردعت فلانا وتثفلته: علوته، أي جعلته تحتي كالبردعة والثفال
You made him subservient and 'tathfaltahu': meaning you made him beneath you like a saddle pad and a base.