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خفشل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something heavy, sluggish, or slow. It is often associated with a person or animal that is ponderous and perhaps clumsy in their movements.

Derived headwords

الخَفَنْشَلnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy personclassical

    A person who is heavy, sluggish, and slow in their movements.

  2. 2.
    sluggish animalclassical

    An animal characterized by heaviness and slowness.

خَفَنْشَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavyclassical

    To be characterized by heaviness and sluggishness.

Parallel reading

الخفنشل: الوخم الثقيل.
Al-khafnashal: the heavy, sluggish one.