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عقفر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with intense, overwhelming, and destructive calamities or afflictions. It also extends to describing a person, particularly a woman, who is aggressive, overpowering, and malicious.

Derived headwords

العنقفيرnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe and overwhelming disaster or misfortune, particularly one that befalls during the course of time.

  2. 2.
    fierce creatureclassical

    Used to describe a ghoul or a similar malevolent entity, emphasizing its terrifying and destructive nature.

عنقفيرadjective
  1. 1.
    fierce, maliciousclassical

    Describing a woman who is aggressive, overpowering, and inclined towards evil or malice.

عقفرتهاnoun
  1. 1.
    its fiercenessclassical

    Refers to the intense maliciousness and terrifying nature of a ghoul or a calamity.

العقافيرnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    The plural form of 'al-'anqafīr', referring to multiple severe disasters or misfortunes.

عقفرتهverb
  1. 1.
    overwhelmed himclassical

    To be struck down or overcome by calamities, leading to destruction or ruin.

عقفرتverb
  1. 1.
    overwhelmed herclassical

    To be struck down or overcome by calamities, leading to destruction or ruin.

تعقفرverb
  1. 1.
    be overwhelmedclassical

    To be struck down, overcome, and utterly destroyed by calamities.

اعقنفرتverb
  1. 1.
    overcameclassical

    The calamities overcame or afflicted him, causing destruction. This form is noted for the unusual placement of the 'n' for metrical reasons.

Parallel reading

الداهية من دواهي الزمان
A calamity from the calamities of time.
يقال: غول عنقفير
It is said: a ghoul 'anqafīr'.
وعقفرتها دهاؤها ونكرها
And its 'aqfaratuha' is its cunning and its strangeness.
يقال: جاء فلان بالعنقفير والسلتم
It is said: So-and-so came with the 'anqafīr' and the 'saltam'.
وهي الداهية
And it is the calamity.
ولا سوداء عنقفير
And not a black 'anqafīr'.
العنقفير: الداهية
The 'anqafīr': the calamity.
وعقفرته الدواهي وعقفرت عليه حتى تعقفر أي صرعته وأهلكته
And the calamities afflicted him and afflicted him until he was overcome, meaning they struck him down and destroyed him.
وقد اعقنفرت عليه الدواهي
And the calamities have afflicted him.
امرأة عنقفير: سليطة غالبة بالشر
An 'anqafīr' woman: sharp-tongued, overpowering with evil.