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طهفة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of difficulty, stubbornness, and negative character traits. It encompasses terms for a difficult or stubborn young animal, as well as descriptions of a person who is slow-witted, cowardly, deceitful, or physically weak and unpleasant.

Derived headwords

الفلوnoun
  1. 1.
    Coltboth

    A young male horse.

الضبيسadjective
  1. 1.
    Difficult, stubbornclassical

    Describing something that is hard to manage or deal with, often used for young animals.

  2. 2.
    Slow-witted, unintelligentclassical

    Lacking in intelligence or understanding, unable to grasp things easily.

  3. 3.
    Cowardlyclassical

    Lacking courage; easily frightened.

الضبسadjective
  1. 1.
    Deceitful, cunningclassical

    Characterized by trickery or slyness; crafty.

  2. 2.
    Shrewd, astuteclassical

    Having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.

  3. 3.
    Heavy, sluggishclassical

    Describing someone who is physically heavy or slow in movement and spirit.

  4. 4.
    Annoying, importunateclassical

    Persistently demanding or pestering, especially in financial matters.

  5. 5.
    Foolish, weakclassical

    Lacking sense or strength; feeble.

ضبستverb
  1. 1.
    To be deceitful, wickedclassical

    To become characterized by wickedness, deceit, or baseness.

Parallel reading

والفلو الضبيس ؛ الفلو: المهر والضبيس: الصعب العسر.
And the difficult colt; the colt: the young horse, and the difficult: the hard and stubborn.
والضبيس: القليل الفطنة الذي لا يهتدي للحيلة.
And the الضبيس: the one with little wit who is not guided to a stratagem.
والضبيس: الجبان.
And the الضبيس: the coward.
هو ضبس ضرس.
He is a cunning, sharp-tongued man.
الضبس في لغة تميم الخب، وفي لغة قيس الداهية
The الضبس in the language of Tamim is the deceitful, and in the language of Qays is the shrewd.
ويقال ضبس وضبيس
And it is said ضبس and ضبيس.
بالجار يعلو حيله ضبس شبث
By the neighbor, his stratagems are overcome by a cunning, entangled man.
الضبس والضبس الثقيل البدن والروح.
The الضبس and the الضبس: the heavy in body and spirit.
الضبس إلحاح الغريم على غريمه.
The الضبس: the insistence of the debtor upon his creditor.
يقال: ضبس عليه
It is said: he insisted upon him.
والضبس: الأحمق الضعيف البدن.
And the الضبس: the foolish, weak of body.
وضبست نفسه، بالكسر، أي لقست وخبثت.
And his soul became ضَبِسَت (with kasra), meaning it became base and wicked.