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زعفق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes a person who is stingy and ill-tempered. It also refers to a specific type of bird.

Derived headwords

الزَّعْفُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Stingy, ill-tempered personboth

    A person characterized by stinginess and a bad disposition.

  2. 2.
    A type of birdclassical

    A specific kind of bird, possibly referring to its behavior or appearance.

الزَّعَافِقnoun
  1. 1.
    Stingy, ill-tempered peopleboth

    Plural form referring to a group of people who are stingy and have bad temperaments.

الزَّعْفَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginess and bad temperboth

    The state or quality of being stingy and ill-tempered.

زَعَافِقadjective
  1. 1.
    Stingyboth

    Describing someone as being stingy.

Parallel reading

البخيل السيء الخلق
The stingy, ill-tempered person.
والاسم الزعفقة
And the noun is 'al-za'faqah'.
وقوم زعافق: بخلاء
And a people of 'za'afiq': stingy.
إني إذا ما حملق الزعافق
Indeed, when the stingy ones stare intently...
واضطربت من تحتها العنافق
...and the 'anaafiq' (possibly referring to birds or other creatures) stir beneath them.