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قرعف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of contracting or drawing oneself in. It is primarily used in a verbal form to denote a physical or perhaps metaphorical tightening.

Derived headwords

تَقَرعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To draw oneself together, to shrink or contract in size.

اِقْرَعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To draw oneself together, to shrink or contract in size.

تَقَرْعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To draw oneself together, to shrink or contract in size.

Parallel reading

تقرعف الرجل واقرعف وتقرفع: تقبض.
The man contracted, and contracted, and contracted: he became tight.
تقبض
he became tight