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غفلق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be related to the concept of being large or immense, particularly in reference to a woman's hips or buttocks. It is also noted that the word might be a misspelling of a similar word with a different initial letter.

Derived headwords

غَفْلَقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    large-hippedclassical

    Describing a woman who has large hips or buttocks.

Parallel reading

امرأة غفلقة: عظيمة الركب؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.
A woman ghiflaqah: large-hipped; from Ibn al-A'rabi.
وقال ثعلب: إنما هي عفلقة، بالعين المهملة، وقد تقدم ذكرها.
And Tha'lab said: it is actually 'aflaqah, with the unpointed 'ayn, and its mention has preceded.