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الحيفس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is physically large and stout, often implying a lack of substance or character. It also extends to describe gluttony, excessive eating, and a volatile temper.

Derived headwords

الحَيْفَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentboth

    Describing a person who is thick, bulky, and large in build.

  2. 2.
    Worthless, lacking goodclassical

    Characterizing someone who is physically large but possesses no good qualities or substance.

  3. 3.
    Gluttonous, pot-belliedboth

    Referring to someone who eats excessively and has a large belly.

  4. 4.
    Temperamentalboth

    Describing someone who gets angry and pleased for no apparent reason.

الحَيْفَسَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentclassical

    An alternative form for describing someone who is thick, bulky, and large in build.

الحُفَيْسَأadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentclassical

    Another variant form for describing someone who is thick, bulky, and large in build.

الحَفَّاسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentclassical

    A derived adjective form indicating someone who is thick, bulky, and large in build.

الحَيْفَسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentclassical

    A derived adjective form referring to someone who is thick, bulky, and large in build.

الحَيْفَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Angryboth

    Describing someone who is easily angered.

التَّحَيْفُسnoun
  1. 1.
    Restless movementboth

    The act of moving restlessly on a bed or lying surface.

  2. 2.
    Shifting, wobblingboth

    The act of shifting or wobbling, implying instability or movement.

حَفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To eatboth

    The basic verb form meaning to consume food.

Parallel reading

الحيفس، كهزبر: الغليظ، والضخم لا خير عنده
Al-hayfas, like hazbar: the thick, and the large, with no good in him.
كالحيفساء والحفاسي والحيفسي
like al-hayfasaa', al-hafaasi, and al-hayfasi.
والأكول البطين
and the gluttonous, the pot-bellied.
والذي يغضب ويرضى من غير شيء
and he who gets angry and pleased for no reason.
والحيفس، كصيقل: المغضب
And al-hayfas, like sayqal: the one who gets angry.
والتحيفس: التحرك على المضجع والتحلحل
And at-tahayfus: the movement on the bed and the shifting.
وحفس يحفس: أكل
And hafas, yahfusu: to eat.