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حَرِيقَةٌ

Root: حرق

Full Definition

حَرِيقَةٌ : see حُرْقَةٌ.

def.2 Also, and حَرُوقَةٌ , A kind of food, thicker than what is termed حَسَآء; like نَفِيتَة: or water, i. e. hot water, upon which a little flour is sprinkled, and which swells, or becomes inflated, in boiling, and becomes of a whitish dust-colour: it is licked up with the tongue: and is also called تفيتة: they made use of it in hard and dear times, and when the cattle were lean, and when the season was severe: or it was made by sprinkling flour upon water or fresh milk until it swelled, and became [like] what is termed حساء: a man used to satisfy his household with it when fortune overcame him: and it is also called نفيتة: pl. حَرَائِقُ. One says, وَجَدْتُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ مَا عَيْشٌ إِلَّا الحَرَائِقُ [I found the sons of such a one having no means of subsistence other than the messes of the kind called حرائق].
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