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عفك

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being foolish, incompetent, or clumsy, particularly in speech and action. It can also refer to being left-handed or generally awkward and unskillful.

Derived headwords

أَعْفَكadjective
  1. 1.
    incompetentboth

    Describing a man who does not perform tasks well or competently.

  2. 2.
    foolishboth

    Describing someone foolish who cannot stick to one topic of conversation, starting another before finishing the first.

  3. 3.
    awkwardclassical

    Describing a man who is awkward or clumsy.

عَفِكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be foolishclassical

    To be foolish or incompetent.

عَفَكnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishnessclassical

    The state of being foolish or incompetent.

  2. 2.
    awkwardnessclassical

    The state of being awkward or left-handed.

  3. 3.
    incompetenceclassical

    The state of being unskillful or unable to perform tasks properly.

الأَعْفَكadjective
  1. 1.
    left-handedclassical

    Describing someone who is left-handed.

  2. 2.
    foolishclassical

    Describing someone who is foolish.

الأَعْفَكُ الأَحْدَلُadjective
  1. 1.
    left-handed and clumsyclassical

    Describing someone who is both left-handed and clumsy.

الأَعْفَكُ الأَعْسَرُadjective
  1. 1.
    left-handedclassical

    Describing someone who is left-handed.

عَفِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    very foolishclassical

    Describing someone who is extremely foolish.

العَفِيكُ اللَّفِيكُadjective
  1. 1.
    utterly foolishclassical

    Describing someone who is completely and utterly foolish.

عَفِكٌ لَفِكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsy and foolishclassical

    Describing someone who is clumsy, foolish, and unrefined.

عَفْتَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsy (woman)classical

    Describing a woman who is clumsy or unrefined.

عَفْكَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsy (woman)classical

    Describing a woman who is clumsy or unrefined.

العَفَكُnoun
  1. 1.
    left-handednessclassical

    The state of being left-handed.

  2. 2.
    clumsinessclassical

    The state of being clumsy or unskillful.

العَفْتُnoun
  1. 1.
    left-handednessclassical

    The state of being left-handed.

  2. 2.
    clumsinessclassical

    The state of being clumsy or unskillful.

يُعَفِّكُverb
  1. 1.
    to distort speechclassical

    To speak in a way that is not clear, coherent, or properly articulated.

عَفَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to distort speechclassical

    To speak in a way that is not clear, coherent, or properly articulated.

عَفَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    intertwinedclassical

    Describing something that is intertwined or overlapping, one part resting on another.

Parallel reading

رجل أعفك: لا يحسن العمل
An incompetent man: one who does not perform work well.
وقيل أحمق لا يثبت على حديث واحد، ولا يتم واحدا حتى يأخذ في آخر غيره
And it is said: foolish, one who does not stick to one topic, and does not finish one before starting another.
وهو المخلع من الرجال أيضا
And he is also the awkward one among men.
الأعفك الأحدل ثم الأعسر
The left-handed, the clumsy, then the left-handed.
وقيل: هو الأحمق فقط
And it is said: he is only foolish.
وقد عفك عفكا وعفكا، فهو عفك
And he was foolish, a foolishness and a foolishness, so he is foolish.
هوإهة هردبة مزردم
A large, clumsy, and talkative creature.
والعفيك اللفيك: المشبع حمقا
And the utterly foolish: one saturated with foolishness.
رجل عفك لفك عفت مدش فدش أي خرق
A clumsy, foolish, unrefined, and coarse man.
وامرأة عفتاء وعفكاء ونفتاء إذا كانت خرقاء
And a woman is 'aftaa', 'afkaa', and 'nafataa' if she is clumsy.
والعفك والعفت: يكون العسر والخرق
And 'al-'afak' and 'al-'afat': it means left-handedness and clumsiness.
وعفك الكلام يعفكه عفكا: لم يقمه
And he distorted the speech, distorting it with a distortion: he did not make it straight.
هؤلاء الطماطمة يعفكون القول عفكا ويلفتونه لفتا
These boasters distort speech with distortion and twist it with twisting.
والعفاك: الذي يركب بعضه بعضا من كل شيء
And 'al-'afaak': that which overlaps, one part of it on another, of everything.