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العنقفير

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something formidable, dangerous, or overwhelming. It encompasses abstract concepts like calamities, aggressive individuals, and even specific physical descriptions of animals, particularly camels, suggesting a sense of imposing size or power.

Derived headwords

العُنْقُفِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A severe disaster or misfortune.

  2. 2.
    shrewish womanclassical

    A woman who is sharp-tongued, quarrelsome, or abusive.

  3. 3.
    scorpionclassical

    A venomous arachnid.

  4. 4.
    large camelclassical

    A camel that is so large that its nape nearly touches its shoulder.

عَقْفَرَتَهُ الدَّوَاهِيverb
  1. 1.
    calamities overwhelmed himclassical

    Calamities struck him down and destroyed him.

وعقفرته الدواهي — And calamities overwhelmed him.
عَقْفَرَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    overwhelmed himclassical

    To strike someone down and destroy them.

وعقفرت عليه — And it overwhelmed him.
اعْقَنْفَرَverb
  1. 1.
    overwhelmed and destroyedclassical

    To strike down and cause destruction.

واعقنفرت — And it overwhelmed and destroyed.
تَعَقْفَرَverb
  1. 1.
    was struck down and destroyedclassical

    To be struck down and utterly destroyed.

فتعقفر — So he was struck down and destroyed.

Parallel reading

الداهية
The calamity.
والمرأة السليطة
And the shrewish woman.
والعقرب
And the scorpion.
ومن الإبل: التي تكبر حتى يكاد قفاها يمس كتفها.
And among camels: one that is so large that its nape nearly touches its shoulder.
وعقفرته الدواهي
And calamities overwhelmed him.
وعقفرت عليه
And it overwhelmed him.
واعقنفرت، بتوسط النون، فتعقفر: صرعته فأهلكته.
And it overwhelmed and destroyed, with the 'noon' in the middle, so he was struck down and destroyed.