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ذفط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes actions related to excretion or expulsion, particularly by animals. It can also refer to weakness or being feeble.

Derived headwords

ذفطverb
  1. 1.
    to copulateclassical

    Used to describe the sexual intercourse of a bird or a ram.

  2. 2.
    to vomitclassical

    Used to describe a fly expelling what is in its stomach.

ذفوطadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Describing someone or something as feeble or lacking strength.

Parallel reading

ذفط الطائر والتيس يذفط: سفد
The bird and the ram copulated, they copulate: to copulate.
و الذباب: ألقى ما في بطنه
And the fly: it expelled what was in its stomach.
أو الصواب فيهما بالقاف
Or the correct pronunciation for both is with a Qaf.
والذفوط، كصبور: الضعيف
And 'dhafūṭ', like 'ṣabūr': the weak one.