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ح ت ف ل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the dregs, residue, or sediment found at the bottom of liquids, particularly broths and oils. It also extends to encompass the lowest or basest elements of society and, in a more abstract sense, misfortune or a fatal outcome.

Derived headwords

الحَتْفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    broth residueclassical

    The remaining part of broth, especially what settles at the bottom.

  2. 2.
    thick sedimentclassical

    The thick sediment of oil or other substances found at the bottom of a container, like a flask.

حَتْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to settleclassical

    Referring to the sediment of oil or other substances settling at the bottom of a container.

  2. 2.
    to be baseclassical

    To be among the lowest or basest of people.

حَتْفَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    misfortuneclassical

    A term for misfortune or a fatal outcome.

  2. 2.
    lowly peopleclassical

    The base or ignoble people.

حَتْفَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    uterine dischargeclassical

    A discharge from the womb.

حَتْفَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    meat residueclassical

    The remnants of meat found at the bottom of a cooking pot.

Parallel reading

وهو بقية المرق
It is the remainder of the broth.
وضبطه الليث بالمثلثة
And Al-Layth vocalized it with the letter Tha'.
أو ما يكون في أسفل المرق من بقية الثريد
Or what is at the bottom of the broth from the remainder of the thareed (bread soaked in broth).
ونقله ابن السكيت عن غنية الأعرابية بالمثلثة
And Ibn Al-Sikkit transmitted it from Ghunyat Al-Arabiya with the letter Tha'.
أيضا: ثفل الدهن وغيره في القارورة
Also: the sediment of oil and other things in the flask.
وضبطه ابن الأعرابي بالمثلثة
And Ibn Al-Arabi vocalized it with the letter Tha'.
قال: ورديء المال: حتفله
He said: And the badness of wealth: its sediment.
وضبطه بالمثلثة أيضا
And he vocalized it with the letter Tha' as well.
أيضا: وضر الرحم
Also: a discharge from the womb.
وعن ابن عباد بالمثلثة
And from Ibn 'Abbad with the letter Tha'.
أيضا: سفلة الناس ورذالهم
Also: the lowest and most ignoble of people.
أيضا: حتات اللحم تكون في أسفل القدر كما في المحكم
Also: the remnants of meat found at the bottom of the pot, as in Al-Muhkam.