زنفل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a heavy, swaying, or dragging gait, often implying being burdened or perhaps dancing in a specific manner. It also appears as a proper name and is associated with a cunning or astute individual.

Derived headwords

الزنفلةnoun

1.
Heavy, burdened walkboth
To move in one's walk as if weighed down by a load.

زنفلverb

1.
To walk heavilyboth
To move in one's walk as if weighed down by a load.
2.
To dance like the Nabataeansclassical
When a man dances, he dances like the Nabataeans.

زنفلname

1.
A nameboth
A name of Arabs, and it is the name of a man.

زنفل العرفيname

1.
Zunful al-Urfiboth
A jurist from Mecca, named Zunful al-Urfi.

أم زنفلname

1.
The cunning oneclassical
A designation for a cunning or astute woman.

Parallel reading

الزنفلة: أن يتحرك في مشيه كأنه مثقل بحمل.

Al-zanfalah: to move in one's walk as if weighed down by a load.

وزنفل في مشيه: تحرك كالمثقل بالحمل.

And he zanfala in his walk: he moved as if weighed down by a load.

وزنفل: من أسماء العرب، وهو اسم رجل، ومنه زنفل العرفي أحد فقهاء مكة.

And Zunful: is among the names of Arabs, and it is the name of a man, and among them is Zunful al-Urfi, one of the jurists of Mecca.

وأم زنفل: الداهية؛ حكاها ابن دريد عن أبي عثمان، قال: ولم أسمعها إلا منه.

And Umm Zunful: the cunning one; Ibn Duraid narrated it from Abu Uthman, he said: And I did not hear it except from him.

ابن الأعرابي: زنفل الرجل إذا رقص رقص النبط.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: A man zanfala if he danced the dance of the Nabataeans.