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ءفخه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking the soft spot on a baby's head (the fontanelle). It also extends metaphorically to mean the greater part of the night.

Derived headwords

أَفَخَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the fontanelleclassical

    To strike someone on the fontanelle, which is the soft spot where the frontal and back bones of the skull meet.

يافوخهnoun
  1. 1.
    fontanelleclassical

    The soft spot on the top of a baby's head where the skull bones have not yet fused.

يَوَافِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    fontanellesclassical

    The plural of 'yafūkhah', referring to the soft spots on a baby's head.

مِنَ اللَّيْلِother
  1. 1.
    the greater part of the nightclassical

    Referring to the majority or the most significant portion of the night.

Parallel reading

ضرب يافوخه
He struck his fontanelle.
وهو: حيث التقى عظم مقدم الرأس ومؤخره
And it is: where the bone of the front of the head and its back meet.
ومن الليل: معظمه
And of the night: its greater part.
ج: يوافيخ
Plural: yawāfīkh.
وهذا يدل على أن أصله: يفخ
And this indicates that its origin is: yafakha.
ووهم الجوهري في ذكره هنا
And Al-Jawhari was mistaken in mentioning it here.