صعفق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical weakness, lack of wealth, and low social standing. It extends to people lacking expertise or knowledge, and also refers to specific groups of people with obscure origins or social status.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْفَقَةnoun

1.
frailty of bodyclassical
Referring to a state of being physically weak or small in stature.

الصَّعَافِقَةnoun

1.
people without capitalclassical
A group of people who attend the market but lack capital or cash, joining in trade deals when opportunities arise.
2.
people lacking knowledgeclassical
Used metaphorically to describe those who lack deep understanding or jurisprudence, akin to traders without capital.
3.
lowly peopleclassical
Referring to the base or ignoble people in society.
4.
descendants of slavesclassical
A group whose ancestors were slaves and later Arabized.
5.
people of obscure originclassical
A group from Al-Yamamah, possibly remnants of ancient nations whose lineage is lost.

صَعْفَقnoun

1.
person without capitalclassical
An individual who lacks wealth or capital.

صَعْفَقِيّnoun

1.
person without capitalclassical
An individual who lacks wealth or capital.
2.
person of obscure originclassical
An individual belonging to a group whose lineage is lost or unclear.

صَعْفُوقnoun

1.
person without capitalclassical
An individual who lacks wealth or capital.
2.
base manclassical
A man who is ignoble or of low character.
3.
type of truffleclassical
A variety of truffle.

الصَّعَافِقَةnoun

1.
baseness of peopleclassical
Referring to the ignoble or base quality of people.

بَنُو صَعْفُوقname

1.
Banu Sa'fūqclassical
A name for a tribe or group of people, possibly of non-Arab origin.

آل صَعْفُوقname

1.
Al Sa'fūqclassical
A name for a family or lineage, possibly of non-Arab origin.

صَعْفُوقnoun

1.
type of truffleclassical
A variety of truffle.

صَعْقُولnoun

1.
type of truffleclassical
A variety of truffle.

الصَّعَافِيقnoun

1.
weaklingsclassical
Individuals who are weak, lacking courage, weapons, or strength for combat.

Parallel reading

الصعفقة: ضآلة الجسم.

Al-Sa'faqah: frailty of the body.

والصعافقة: قوم يشهدون السوق وليست عندهم رؤوس أموال ولا نقد عندهم، فإذا اشترى التجار شيئا دخلوا معهم فيه، واحدهم صعفق وصعفقي وصعفوق، وهو الذي لا مال له.

And Al-Sa'afiqah: are people who attend the market but have no capital or cash; when merchants buy something, they join them in it. One of them is Sa'faq, Sa'faqiyy, and Sa'fūq, and he is one who has no wealth.

ما جاءك عن أصحاب محمد فخذه ودع ما يقول هؤلاء الصعافقة ؛ أراد أن هؤلاء ليس عندهم فقه ولا علم بمنزلة أولئك التجار الذين ليس لهم رؤوس أموال؛

Whatever comes to you from the Companions of Muhammad, take it, and leave what these Al-Sa'afiqah say; he meant that these people lack jurisprudence and knowledge, unlike those merchants who have no capital.

أنه سئل عن رجل أفطر يوما من رمضان فقال: ما تقول فيه الصعافقة؟

He was asked about a man who broke his fast for a day in Ramadan, and he said: What do Al-Sa'afiqah say about it?

وقال أعرابي ما هؤلاء الصعافقة حولك؟

And a Bedouin said: What are these Al-Sa'afiqah around you?

والصعفوق: اللئيم من الرجال، والصعافقة: رذالة الناس.

And Al-Sa'fūq: is the ignoble among men, and Al-Sa'afiqah: is the baseness of people.

والصعافقة: قوم كان آباؤهم عبيدا فاستعربوا، وقيل: هم قوم باليمامة من بقايا الأمم الخالية ضلت أنسابهم، واحدهم صعفقي، وقيل: هم خول هناك، ويقال لهم بنو صعفوق وآل صعفوق؛

And Al-Sa'afiqah: are people whose fathers were slaves and then Arabized. It was said: they are a people in Al-Yamamah from the remnants of past nations whose lineage has been lost, one of them is Sa'faqiyy. It was said: they are Khawl there, and they are called Banu Sa'fūq and Al Sa'fūq;

من آل صعفوق وأتباع أخر، ... من طامعين لا ينالون الغمر

From Al Sa'fūq and other followers, ... from those who covet but do not attain the bounty

كل ما جاء على فعلول فهو مضموم الأول مثل زنبور وبهلول وعمروس وما أشبه ذلك، إلا حرفا جاء نادرا وهو بنو صعفوق لخول باليمامة، وبعضهم يقول صعفوق، بالضم؛

Everything that comes on the pattern 'fa'alūl' has the first letter dhamma-ed, like zunbūr, bahlūl, 'amrūs, and the like, except for a rare word which is Banu Sa'fūq for Khawl in Al-Yamamah, and some of them say Sa'fūq, with dhamma;

جاء على فعلول صعفوق وصعقول لضرب من الكمأة وبعكوكة الوادي لجانبه؛

It came on the pattern 'fa'alūl': Sa'fūq and Sa'qūl for a type of truffle, and ba'kūkah for the side of a valley;

جمع صعفقي وصعافيق؛

Plural of Sa'faqiyy and Sa'afīq;

يوم قدرنا، والعزيز من قدر، ... وآبت الخيل وقضين الوطر من الصعافيق، وأدركنا المئر أراد بالصعافيق أنهم ضعفاء ليست لهم شجاعة ولا سلاح وقوة على قتالنا.

A day we measured, and the Mighty One measured, ... and the horses returned and fulfilled their desire from the weaklings (Al-Sa'afīq), and we reached the goal. He meant by Al-Sa'afīq that they are weak, lacking courage, weapons, or strength to fight us.