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الضفز

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes acts of forceful ingestion, movement, and forceful action. It encompasses eating, swallowing, pushing, sexual intercourse, running, leaping, and striking. It also extends to the act of inserting a bridle and figuratively to malicious speech.

Derived headwords

الضفزnoun
  1. 1.
    ingestionboth

    The act of a camel swallowing food, sometimes reluctantly.

  2. 2.
    pushingboth

    The act of pushing or shoving.

  3. 3.
    intercourseboth

    Sexual intercourse.

  4. 4.
    runningboth

    Running or moving swiftly.

  5. 5.
    leapingboth

    Leaping or jumping.

  6. 6.
    strikingboth

    Striking with a hand or a foot.

  7. 7.
    bridlingclassical

    The act of inserting a bridle into a horse's mouth.

ضَفِيزnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringclassical

    The sound of snoring or heavy breathing.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    large mouthfulclassical

    A large mouthful of food.

اضطفزهverb
  1. 1.
    to swallow reluctantlyclassical

    To swallow something, especially food, with reluctance or aversion.

الضفازnoun
  1. 1.
    slandererclassical

    A person who spreads malicious gossip or slander.

Parallel reading

الضفز: لقم البعير، أو مع كراهته ذلك
Al-ḍafz: A camel's ingestion of food, or with its dislike of that.
والضفز: الدفع
And al-ḍafz: pushing.
والضفز: الجماع
And al-ḍafz: sexual intercourse.
والضفز: العدو
And al-ḍafz: running.
والضفز: الوثب
And al-ḍafz: leaping.
والضفز: القفز
And al-ḍafz: jumping.
والضفز: الضرب باليد، أو بالرجل
And al-ḍafz: striking with the hand, or with the foot.
والضفز: إدخال اللجام في في الفرس
And al-ḍafz: inserting the bridle into the horse's mouth.
والضفيز: الغطيط
And al-ḍafīz: snoring.
وبهاء: اللقمة العظيمة
And bahā': a large mouthful.
واضطفزه: التقمه كارها
And iḍṭafazahu: he swallowed it reluctantly.
والضفاز: النمام
And al-ḍaffāz: the slanderer.
مشتق من الضفز، محركة، للشعير يحش، ليعلفه البعير، لأنه يهيئ قول الزور، كما يهيأ هذا الشعير للعلف
Derived from al-ḍafz, with vowelization, referring to fodder that is stuffed to be fed to a camel, because it prepares for false speech, just as this fodder is prepared for feeding.