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مفج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes foolishness, stupidity, and a lack of intelligence. It is used to characterize someone as simple-minded, idiotic, or utterly senseless.

Derived headwords

مُفَاجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    An individual who is foolish, simple-minded, and lacking in intelligence.

ثَفَاجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    An epithet for someone who is foolish, idiotic, and senseless.

مَفَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be foolishclassical

    To become foolish, stupid, or senseless.

ثَفَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be foolishclassical

    To act in a foolish, idiotic manner; to become senseless.

Parallel reading

رجل ثفاجة مفاجة: أحمق مائق.
A foolish, idiotic person: an imbecile, a simpleton.
أخذني الشراة فرأيت مساورا قد اربد وجهه، ثم أومأ بالقضيب إلى دجاجة كانت تتبختر بين يديه، وقال: تسمعي يا دجاجة، تعجبي يا دجاجة، ضل علي واهتدى مفاجة.
Al-Shara' took me, and I saw Musawwir whose face had turned dark. Then he gestured with his staff towards a hen that was strutting between his hands, and said: 'Listen, O hen, marvel, O hen, he went astray from me and found guidance, O foolish one.'
وقد مفج وثفج إذا حمق
And he became foolish and senseless when he acted stupidly.
حكى ذلك الهروي في الغريبين.
Al-Harawi narrated this in Al-Gharibayn.