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ءفكل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of shivering or trembling, often associated with cold or fear. It is used to denote a physical reaction of the body to external stimuli.

Derived headwords

أَفْكَلnoun
  1. 1.
    shivering, tremblingboth

    A state of shivering or trembling, typically caused by cold or fear. It refers to an involuntary physical reaction.

أَفْكَلname
  1. 1.
    name for shiveringclassical

    When used as a proper noun, it refers to the state of shivering itself, often used in specific contexts or as a descriptive name.

Parallel reading

فبات وله أفكل
So he spent the night, and he had a shivering.
الأفكل، بالفتح: الرعدة من برد أو خوف
Al-afkal, with fatha: the shivering from cold or fear.
ولا يبنى منه فعل
And no verb is derived from it.
وهمزته زائدة ووزنه أفعل
And its hamza is extra, and its pattern is af'al.
ولهذا إذا سميت به لم تصرفه للتعريف ووزن الفعل
And for this reason, if you name something with it, you do not conjugate it due to its definiteness and verb pattern.
فأخذني أفكل فارتعدت من شدة الغيرة
And a shivering seized me, so I trembled from the intensity of jealousy.