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العرفط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of thorny tree and its individual specimen. It also extends to describe a state of being withdrawn or contracted, and can be used to refer to a specific type of person.

Derived headwords

العُرْفُطnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny treeboth

    A type of thorny tree belonging to the category of 'Adhah trees.

عَرْفَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Specimen of thorny treeboth

    An individual plant of the 'Urfuṭ tree.

عَرْفَطَةname
  1. 1.
    Companion's nameclassical

    The name of a Companion of the Prophet, 'Arfaṭah ibn al-Ḥabbāb.

اِعْرَنْفَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To be withdrawnclassical

    When a man is withdrawn or contracted in his demeanor or physical state.

المُعَرَنْفِطnoun
  1. 1.
    The 'hen'classical

    A term referring to 'the hen', likely in a figurative or colloquial sense.

Parallel reading

العرفط، بالضم: شجر من العضاه
Al-'Urfuṭ, with a dammah, is a tree from the thorny trees.
الواحدة: عرفطة
The singular (of the tree) is 'Arfaṭah.
وبها سمي عرفطة بن الحباب الصحابي
And by it (the name 'Arfaṭah) was named 'Arfaṭah ibn al-Ḥabbāb, the Companion.
واعرنفط الرجل: انقبض
And 'the man became withdrawn': he became contracted.
والمعرنغط: الهن
And al-Mu'arnafiṭ: the hen.