scanty, scarce → tasteless 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme tafih-
meaning 1 'little, small in quantity or number'
direction —
meaning 2 'insipid, tasteless' ʔaṭʕimat-un tafihat-un
'kind of foods having no taste of sweetness, or of sourness, or of bitterness'
reference
comment Lane 309; BK I 201

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