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خفجل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is heavy, sluggish, and perhaps awkward or ungainly in their gait or demeanor. It can also refer to a person exhibiting unpleasantness or a lack of refinement.

Derived headwords

الخفنجلnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy personclassical

    A person who is heavy, sluggish, and slow-moving.

  2. 2.
    awkward personclassical

    A person characterized by unpleasantness, awkwardness, or a lack of refinement.

الخفاجلnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy personclassical

    A person who is heavy, sluggish, and slow-moving.

  2. 2.
    awkward personclassical

    A person characterized by unpleasantness, awkwardness, or a lack of refinement.

خفجلهverb
  1. 1.
    to make sluggishclassical

    To make someone heavy, sluggish, or slow, often due to laziness.

Parallel reading

الخفنجل والخفاجل: الثقيل الوخم
Al-khufanjal and al-khufājal: the heavy, sluggish one.
وقد خفجله الكسل
And laziness made him sluggish.
الخفنجل الرجل الذي فيه سماجة وفحج
Al-khufanjal is the man who has unpleasantness and a wide gait.
خفنجل يغزل بالدرارة
A clumsy/awkward man spinning with a distaff.