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قفعل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of contraction, stiffness, or shriveling, often due to cold, illness, or old age. It specifically refers to the tightening of fingers, hands, or skin, leading to a cramped or withered appearance.

Derived headwords

اِقْفِعْلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    cramping, stiffnessboth

    A condition of cramping or stiffness of the fingers and hand, caused by cold or disease. It can also refer to skin that has shriveled, like a shriveled ear.

تَقَفَّعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become stiff, to crampboth

    The hand or fingers become contracted and stiff, often due to cold or old age.

اِقْفَعَلَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become contracted, to stiffenboth

    Said of a hand or fingers when they become contracted and stiff.

اقفعلت يده إذا تقبضت وتشنجت — His hand became contracted and stiff if it cramped.
اقفعلت يده وأنامله اقفعلالا: تقبضت وتشنجت — His hand and fingers became contracted and stiff.
مُقْفَعَلّadjective
  1. 1.
    stiff, contractedboth

    Stiffened or contracted, especially the hand, due to cold, old age, or illness. It can also refer to dry or withered skin.

  2. 2.
    shriveledclassical

    Describing skin that has shriveled and contracted, similar to a shriveled ear.

يد مقفعلة أي متقبضة — A contracted hand, meaning cramped.
المقفعل المتشنج من برد أو كبر فلم يخص به الأنامل — The stiff one, contracted from cold or old age, not specifically referring to the fingers.
المقفعل اليابس اليد — The one with a stiff hand.
أصبحت بعد اللين مقفعلا — I became stiff after being soft.
اِقْلَعْفَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to contract, to pullclassical

    An alternative term for contracting or pulling, similar to 'jadhb' (pulling).

اِقْلِعْفَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    contraction, pullingclassical

    The act of contracting or pulling, used in a different dialect.

Parallel reading

تشنج الأصابع والكف من برد أو داء
Cramping of the fingers and hand from cold or disease.
والجلد قد يتقفعل فينزوي كالأذن المقفعلة
And the skin may shrivel and contract like a shriveled ear.
وفي لغة أخرى: اقلعف اقلعفافا، وذلك كالجذب والجبذ
And in another dialect: 'iqla'afa iqla'afan', which is like 'al-jadhb' and 'al-jabdh' (pulling).
وفي حديث الميلاد: يد مقفعلة أي متقبضة
And in the Hadith about childbirth: 'yadun muqfa'alatun', meaning a contracted hand.
يقال: اقفعلت يده إذا تقبضت وتشنجت
It is said: 'iqfa'allat yaduhu' if his hand became contracted and stiff.
وقيل: المقفعل المتشنج من برد أو كبر فلم يخص به الأنامل
And it was said: 'al-muqfa'all' is the one contracted from cold or old age, not specifically referring to the fingers.
وقيل: المقفعل اليابس اليد
And it was said: 'al-muqfa'all' is the one with a stiff hand.
اقفعلت يده وأنامله اقفعلالا: تقبضت وتشنجت
His hand and fingers became contracted and stiff: they contracted and stiffened.
وفي الأزهري: المقفعل اليابس
And according to Al-Azharī: 'al-muqfa'all' is the stiff one.
أصبحت بعد اللين مقفعلا
I became stiff after being soft.