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الهلقف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is large, bulky, and perhaps a bit slow or clumsy due to their size. It focuses on physical immensity and a lack of agility.

Derived headwords

الهَلْقَفnoun
  1. 1.
    big, bulky personboth

    A person who is large, immense, and physically imposing.

فَدِمadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsy, slowclassical

    Describing someone who is slow-witted or slow in movement, often due to their size or bulk.

ضَخْمadjective
  1. 1.
    huge, enormousboth

    Describing something or someone as very large in size or scale.

Parallel reading

الهلقف، كجردحل: الفدم الضخم.
Al-halqaf, like jardahal: the clumsy, the huge.