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عقف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَعْقَفُ ذ Anything (IDrd, O) bent, curved, crooked, [ hooked, ] contorted, or distorted. (IDrd, O, K.) And Bending. (O, K.) ― -b2- A gazelle having the horns bent. (TA.) And [the fem.] عَقْفَاآءُ A sheep or goat (شَاة) of which the horns are contorted [or bent down ] upon its ears. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Coarse, rough, rude, or churlish; as an epithet applied to an Arab of the desert. (S, O, K.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) Poor; needy: (Lth, O, K:) pl. عُقْفَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- And [the fem.] عَقْفَاآءُ signifies [ An iron hook; ] a piece of iron of which the extremity has been contorted, and in which is a bending. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

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