عنفق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the area between the lower lip and the chin, specifically the hair that grows there. It also relates to lightness or scarcity of something, particularly hair.

Derived headwords

العَنْفَقَةnoun

1.
hair on the chinboth
The hair that grows between the lower lip and the chin.
2.
chin areaclassical
The region between the chin and the lower lip, whether it has hair or not.
3.
lightness of hairclassical
Refers to the scarcity or lightness of hair in a particular area.

العَنَافِقnoun

1.
hairs of the lower lipclassical
The small hairs growing on the front of the lower lip.

بادي العَنْفَقَةadjective

1.
bald chinclassical
A man whose chin area is devoid of hair.

Parallel reading

العنفق: خفة الشيء وقلته.

Al-'anfaq: lightness of a thing and its scarcity.

والعنفقة: ما بين الشفة السفلى والذقن منه لخفة شعرها،

And al-'unfuqah: what is between the lower lip and the chin, due to the lightness of its hair,

وقيل: العنفقة ما بين الذقن وطرف الشفة السفلى، كان عليها شعر أو لم يكن،

And it was said: al-'unfuqah is what is between the chin and the edge of the lower lip, whether it had hair on it or not,

وقيل: العنفقة ما نبت على الشفة السفلى من الشعر؛

And it was said: al-'unfuqah is the hair that grows on the lower lip;

أعرف منكم جدل العواتق، ... وشعر الأقفاء والعنافق

I know better than you the twisting of the necks, ... and the hair of the nape and the hairs of the lower lip.

قال الأزهري: هي شعرات من مقدمة الشفة السفلى.

Al-Azhari said: they are hairs from the front of the lower lip.

ورجل بادي العنفقة إذا عري موضعها من الشعر.

And a man with a bare 'unfuqah is one whose place is devoid of hair.

أنه كان في عنفقته شعرات بيض.

That he had white hairs on his 'unfuqah.