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قفز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 قَفَزَ ذ , aor. قَفِزَ , inf. n. قَفْزٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and قَفَزَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and قُفُوزٌ and قِفَازٌ, (Msb, and so in a copy of the K,) the last with kesr, (Msb,) or قُفَازٌ, (K accord. to the TA,) with damm, (TA,) or قَفَازٌ, (so in the CK,) He leaped, jumped, sprang, or bounded: (S, A, Msb, K:) he (an antelope) did so and alighted with his legs together. (TA, art. نفز.) ― -b2- قَفَزَ الحَائِطَ [ He leaped the wall ]. (O and K in art. زيف.) -A2- See also 5. -A3- قَفِزَ, aor. قَفَزَ , inf. n. قَفَزَ, (tropical:) He (a horse) had fore legs white as high as his مِرْفَقَانِ [properly signifying the elbows; but here, probably meaning, as it seems to do in some other instances, the knees ], but not the kind legs. (IKtt, TA. [And ↓ قُفِّزَ app. has a similar meaning: see its inf. n. تقفيز below; and its part. n. مُقَفَّزٌ, voce أَقْفَزُ.]) But see أَقْفَزُ, and قُفَّازٌ.

Derived headwords

قَفَزَverb
  1. 1.
قَفَزَ الحَائِطَ