قفل

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root قفل primarily relates to returning, especially from a journey or military expedition. It also extends to meanings of dryness, stiffness, and things that have become hardened or withered.

Derived headwords

قَفَلَverb

1.
to returnboth
To return from a journey, expedition, or place.
2.
to dry outclassical
To become dry, withered, or stiff, especially referring to skin or plants.

قُفُولٌnoun

1.
returnboth
The act of returning, particularly from a journey or military campaign.
2.
drynessclassical
A state of dryness or witheredness.

قَفْلٌnoun

1.
returnboth
The act of returning, synonymous with قُفُولٌ.
2.
group returningclassical
A group of people returning, especially soldiers after a campaign.
3.
drynessclassical
Dryness or stiffness.

قَافِلٌadjective

1.
returningboth
One who is returning, especially from a journey.
2.
dryclassical
Dry, withered, or stiff.

قُفْلٌnoun

1.
group returningclassical
A collective noun for those returning, similar to قُفُولٌ.
2.
drynessclassical
Dryness or stiffness.

قَافِلَةٌnoun

1.
caravanboth
A group of travelers or merchants journeying together, especially one returning home.

أَقْفَلَverb

1.
to cause to returnboth
To make someone or something return; to bring back.
2.
to dry outclassical
To cause something to become dry or withered.

مُقْفِلٌadjective

1.
returningclassical
One who is returning.

قَفْلَةٌnoun

1.
returnclassical
A single instance or occasion of returning.

قَفِيلٌnoun

1.
drynessclassical
Dryness or stiffness.
2.
whipclassical
A whip, possibly made from dried leather.
3.
plantclassical
A type of plant.

قَفَلَverb

1.
to dry outclassical
To become dry and stiff.

قَفَلٌnoun

1.
dry woodclassical
What has dried out from trees.

قَفْلَةnoun

1.
dry woodclassical
A piece of dry wood.

قَفِيلnoun

1.
drynessclassical
Dryness.

قَوَافِلُnoun

1.
lean horsesclassical
Lean or emaciated horses.

قَفَلَverb

1.
to be leanclassical
To become lean or emaciated, referring to a horse.

قَافِلٌadjective

1.
leanclassical
Lean or emaciated, referring to a horse.

Parallel reading

الرجوع من السفر

Returning from travel.

وقيل: القفول رجوع الجند بعد الغزو

And it was said: Al-qufūl is the return of soldiers after a campaign.

قفل القوم يقفلون، بالضم، قفولا وقفلا

The people returned, they return, with damma, qufūlan and quflan.

ورجل قافل من قوم قفال

And a man returning from a group of returnees.

والقافلة: الرفقة الراجعة من السفر.

And the caravan: the group returning from a journey.

وقد جاء القفل بمعنى القفول

And indeed, al-qifl has come to mean al-qufūl.

سميت القافلة قافلة تفاؤلا بقفولها عن سفرها الذي ابتدأته

The caravan is named a caravan as an omen of its return from its journey which it began.

وفي حديث جبير بن مطعم: بينا هو يسير مع النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، مقفله من حنين أي عند رجوعه منها.

And in the hadith of Jubayr ibn Mut'im: While he was traveling with the Prophet, peace be upon him, on his return from Hunayn, meaning upon his return from it.

وفي حديث ابن عمر: قفلة كغزوة

And in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar: A return is like a raid.

وقد قفل يقفل، بالكسر؛ قال لبيد: حتى إذا يئس الرماة، وأرسلوا ... غضفا دواجن قافلا أعصامها

And he became dry, he becomes dry, with kasra; Labīd said: Until the archers despaired, and they sent ... swift, low-flying ones whose necklaces were dry.

وقفل الجلد يقفل قفولا وقفل، فهو قافل وقفيل: يبس.

And the skin dried out, it dried out, qufūlan and quflan, so it is qāfil and qafīl: dry.

والقفل، بالفتح: ما يبس من الشجر

And al-qifl, with fatha: what has dried out from the trees.

والقفيل: السوط؛ قال أبو محمد الفقعسي: لما أتاك يابسا قرشبا، قمت إليه بالقفيل ضربا

And al-qafīl: the whip; Abu Muhammad al-Fuq'asi said: When it came to you dry and stiff, you went to it with the whip, striking.

وخيل قوافل أي ضوامر

And lean horses, meaning emaciated.