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العسقفة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of holding back or suppressing something, particularly tears or an intention. It can also refer to the opposite of crying or an inability to cry.

Derived headwords

العَسْقَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    suppression of tearsclassical

    The act of holding back tears, or the state of being unable to cry.

  2. 2.
    opposite of cryingclassical

    The state or emotion that is contrary to weeping or crying.

عَسْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to suppress tearsclassical

    To hold back tears, to refrain from crying.

  2. 2.
    to be unable to cryclassical

    To want to cry but be unable to do so.

عَسْقَفَ في الخيرverb
  1. 1.
    to intend good but not actclassical

    To have the intention to do good deeds but fail to carry them out.

Parallel reading

العسقفة: نقيض البكاء، أو أن يريد البكاء فلا يقدر.
Al-'asqafah: the opposite of crying, or wanting to cry but being unable to.
وعسقف في الخير: هم به ولم يفعل.
And he 'asqafa in good: he intended it but did not do it.