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حفضج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is large-bodied, particularly in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh. It conveys a sense of being overweight or flabby. The derived terms are primarily adjectives and nouns referring to this physical characteristic.

Derived headwords

الحِفْضَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

الحِفْضَجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-belliedclassical

    Describing someone who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

الحِفْضَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

الحِفَاضِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

حِفَاضِجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-belliedclassical

    Describing someone who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

حَفَضَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To be large-belliedclassical

    To have a large belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

الحَفْضَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large bellyclassical

    The state or condition of having a large belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

العِفَاضِجnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-bellied personclassical

    A person who is large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.

Parallel reading

الضخم البطن والخاصرتين المسترخي اللحم.
Large in the belly and flanks, with loose flesh.
رجل حفاضج وعفاضج
A man who is large-bellied and flabby.
والأنثى في كل ذلك بغير هاء
And the female in all of that is without the 'taa' (feminine marker).
والاسم الحفضجة.
And the noun is 'al-hafḍajah'.
وإن فلانا لمعضوب ما حفضج له
And indeed, so-and-so is weak/incapable, he did not become large-bellied for it.
وكذلك العفضاج
And likewise is 'al-'afḍāj'.