Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كرع كرفأ كرفس


Q. 1. ⇒ كرفأ

كَرْفَأَتِ القِدْرُ The pot frothed, or raised a scum, when about to boil. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: كرفأ - Entry: Q. 1. Dissociation: B

كَرْفَأَ, inf. n. كَرْفَأَةٌ; andتكرفأ↓; (like كرثأ and تكرثأ, Ḳ, which are said to be changed from the former; TA;) It (a collection of clouds) became large in quantity, and confused, and heaped up. (Ḳ.)

Root: كرفأ - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: B2

كَرْفَؤُوا They became mixed together. (Ḳ.)


Q. 2. ⇒ تكرفأ


كِرْفِئٌ

كِرْفِئٌ i. q. كِرْثِئٌ; (Ḳ;) Clouds high and piled up, one upon another. (Ṣ) And كِرْفِئَةٌ A portion of such clouds. (Ṣ.)

Root: كرفأ - Entry: كِرْفِئٌ Signification: A2

كِرْفِئٌ An egg-shell. (AʼObeyd, Ṣ.) It occurs again in art. كرفأ. (TA.)


كِرْفِئَةٌ

كِرْفِئَةٌ A ceratin tree, also called شَفَلَّحٌ. (Ḳ.)


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