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العفنط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is base, ill-mannered, and unpleasant. It also refers to a type of ground-dwelling creature.

Derived headwords

العَفَنْطnoun
  1. 1.
    base personclassical

    A person who is base, ignoble, and of poor character.

  2. 2.
    ill-mannered personclassical

    Someone who exhibits bad manners and poor conduct.

عَمَلَسadjective
  1. 1.
    baseclassical

    Describing someone as base, ignoble, or of low character.

دابة الأرضnoun
  1. 1.
    ground creatureclassical

    A creature that lives on or in the ground; a type of vermin or crawling animal.

Parallel reading

العفنط، كعملس: اللئيم السيئ الخلق، ودابة الأرض.
Al-'afanṭ, like 'amlas: the base, ill-mannered one, and the creature of the earth.