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عفشه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gathering, collecting, or assembling things, often in a disorganized or messy way. It can also extend to describing people who are considered worthless or lacking good qualities, and in a specific derived sense, it refers to someone with poor eyesight.

Derived headwords

عَفَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together various things, often in a haphazard manner.

يَعْفِشُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he gathers itboth

    The present tense conjugation of the verb 'to gather', indicating the action is ongoing or habitual.

عَفَاشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless peopleclassical

    A group of people who are considered to have no good qualities or value.

  2. 2.
    worthlessnessclassical

    The state or quality of being worthless or lacking merit.

الأَعْفَشadjective
  1. 1.
    cross-eyedclassical

    Describing someone who has strabismus, or whose eyes are misaligned.

  2. 2.
    squintingclassical

    Having eyes that are partially closed or turned, often due to poor vision or light.

Parallel reading

عفشه يعفشه: جمعه.
He gathered it: he collected it.
وهؤلاء عفاشة من الناس، بالضم: وهم من لا خير فيهم.
And these are 'afasha of people, with dammah: they are those who have no good in them.
والأعفش: الأعمش.
And al-a'fash: the one with poor eyesight (al-a'mash).