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عفلق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, loose, or wide, particularly referring to a woman's private parts. It extends to describe a foolish or clumsy person, and by extension, someone with poor speech or actions.

Derived headwords

العَفْلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    large, looseclassical

    A large, loose, or flaccid thing.

عَفْلَقadjective
  1. 1.
    wide, loose (vulva)classical

    Describing a wide and loose vulva.

  2. 2.
    clumsy, foolishclassical

    Describing a clumsy, foolish, or inept woman, particularly in speech and action.

عَفْلَقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    large-rumpedclassical

    Describing a woman with large or wide hips/rump.

العَفْلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    wide vulvaclassical

    A wide vulva.

العَفْلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    clumsy, foolish personclassical

    A clumsy, foolish, or inept person, especially a woman.

العَفْلُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    A fool or an idiot.

Parallel reading

الضخم المسترخي
The large and flaccid.
الفرج الواسع الرخو
The wide and loose vulva.
كل مشان ما تشد المنطقا
Every insolent woman who tightens her speech.
ولا تزال تخرج العفلقا
And she keeps producing the loose ones (referring to vulvas).
امرأة عفلقة وعضنكة: ضخمة الركب
A woman 'aflaqah' and 'adhnakah': large-rumped.
يا ابن رطوم ذات فرج عفلق
O son of a woman with a wide vulva.
وربما سمي الفرج الواسع عفلقا
And sometimes the wide vulva is called 'aflaq'.
وكذلك المرأة الخرقاء السيئة المنطق والعمل
And likewise the clumsy woman, poor in speech and action.
واللام زائدة
And the 'lam' is extra.
والعفلوق الأحمق
And 'al-aflooq' is the fool.