← Back to Lisan al-Arab

غفن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific time or season, possibly associated with a particular place or tribe. The derived terms seem to denote this specific period.

Derived headwords

إِفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    time, seasonclassical

    A specific period of time or season.

قِفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    time, seasonclassical

    A specific period of time or season, similar to إفان.

غَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    time, seasonclassical

    A specific period of time or season, possibly with tribal association.

Parallel reading

وأتيته على إفان ذلك
And I came to him during the time of that.
وقفان ذلك
And the season of that.
وغفان ذلك
And the time of that.
والغين في بني كلاب
And the Ghayn (referring to the time/season) is among the Banu Kilab.