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الصفغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the act of striking or hitting someone on the cheek or side of the head with the palm of the hand. It also extends to the concept of causing someone to experience this action.

Derived headwords

الصَّفْغnoun
  1. 1.
    striking the cheekclassical

    The act of striking someone on the cheek or the side of the head with the palm of the hand.

صَفَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the cheekclassical

    To strike someone on the cheek or the side of the head with the palm of the hand.

أَصْفَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to be struckclassical

    To cause someone else to be struck on the cheek or side of the head with the palm of the hand.

Parallel reading

الصفغ، كالمنع: القمح باليد.
Striking the cheek, like preventing: to strike with the hand.
وأصفغ غيره الشيء: أقمحه إياه.
And he caused another to be struck with the thing: he made him strike it.