قلعف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes actions of contracting, seizing, or drawing together. It extends to physical states like stiffness or cramping, and also to the act of a male animal mounting a female.

Derived headwords

اقْلَعَفَverb

1.
to contractboth
To contract or seize something.
2.
to stiffenboth
To become stiff or cramped, often due to cold or old age.
3.
to stretch and releaseclassical
To stretch something out and then let it go, causing it to contract.

اقْلِعْفَافًاnoun

1.
contractionclassical
The act of contracting or seizing.

تَقَبَّضَverb

1.
to contractboth
To contract or draw together.

تَشَنَّجَverb

1.
to crampboth
To become cramped or stiff.

اقْلِعْفَافًاnoun

1.
stiffeningclassical
The state of being stiff or cramped.

اقْلَعَفَتْ أَنَامِلُهُverb

1.
fingers crampedboth
His fingers became cramped or stiff, due to cold or age.

اقْلَعَفَ الشَّيْءَverb

1.
stretch and releaseclassical
To stretch something out and then release it, causing it to contract.

انْضَمَّverb

1.
to joinboth
To join or come together.

اقْفَعَلَّتْ أَنَامِلُهُverb

1.
fingers crampedclassical
His fingers became cramped or stiff, similar to 'اقْلَعَفَتْ'.

مُقْفَعَلٌّadjective

1.
stiffclassical
Stiff or cramped, not specifically limited to fingers.

اقْلَعَفَ إِلَيْهِverb

1.
to draw towardsclassical
To draw oneself or something towards another thing.

اقْلَعَفَهَاverb

1.
mounted herclassical
Describing a male camel mounting a female camel during copulation.

مُتَقَلِّعِفٌadjective

1.
unsteady riderclassical
Describing a rider who is not on a comfortable mount and appears unsteady.

Parallel reading

اقْلَعَفَ الشَّيْءُ اقْلِعْفَافًا: تَقَبَّضَ.

The thing contracted, a contraction: it seized.

واقلعفت أنامله: تشنجت من برد أو كبر.

And his fingers contracted: they became stiff from cold or old age.

واقلعف الشيء: مده ثم أرسله فانضم.

And the thing stretched and then released, so it contracted.

واقفعلت أنامله: كاقلعفت، وقيل: المقفعل المتشنج من برد أو كبر فلم يخص به الأنامل.

And his fingers became stiff: like 'اقْلَعَفَتْ', and it was said: 'المقفعل' is the one stiff from cold or old age, and it is not specific to the fingers.

ويقال للشيء يتمدد ثم ينضم إلى نفسه وإلى شيء: قد اقلعف إليه.

And it is said of a thing that stretches and then draws itself to itself and to something: it has drawn towards it.

والبعير إذا ضرب الناقة فانضم إليها يقلعف فيصير على عرقوبيه معتمدا عليهما، وهو في ضرابه يقال اقلعفها، قال: وهذا لا يقلب.

And the camel, when it mounts the female camel and draws close to her, it contracts and rests on its hocks, and in its mounting it is said 'اقْلَعَفَهَا', he said: and this does not change.

قال النضر: يقال للراكب إذا لم يكن على مركب وطيء متقلعف.

Al-Nadr said: It is said of a rider when he is not on a comfortable mount, he is 'مُتَقَلِّعِفٌ'.