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الغلفق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of softness, slowness, and abundance, often applied to plants, living conditions, and even movement. It can also denote negative qualities like poor speech or actions.

Derived headwords

الغُلْفُقnoun
  1. 1.
    algae/water plantboth

    Refers to algae or a plant that grows in water, characterized by its broad leaves.

  2. 2.
    easy livingboth

    Denotes a comfortable and easy way of life.

  3. 3.
    soft bowclassical

    Describes a soft or pliable bow.

  4. 4.
    fiberclassical

    Refers to fiber.

  5. 5.
    grape leavesclassical

    The leaves of a grapevine while still on the tree.

  6. 6.
    clumsy personclassical

    A person who is clumsy in speech and action.

غِلْفَاقadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describes a woman who is tall.

غُلْفَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    woman's gaitclassical

    Refers to a woman's fast gait or way of walking.

غُلْفَقَةname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A place name, specifically a town on the coast of Zabid.

غَلْفَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move or act quickly.

  2. 2.
    to speak badlyclassical

    To speak poorly or inappropriately.

Parallel reading

كجعفر: الطحلب، أو نبت في الماء، ورقه عراض
Like Ja'far: algae, or a plant in water, with broad leaves.
و من العيش: الرخي
And from living: the easy/comfortable.
و من القسي: الرخوة
And from bows: the soft/pliable.
والليف
And the fiber.
وورق الكرم ما دام على شجره
And the leaves of the vine as long as they are on its tree.
والخرقاء السيئة المنطق والعمل
And the clumsy one, bad in speech and action.
وامرأة غلفاق المشي، بالكسر: سريعته
And a woman whose walking is 'ghilfaaq' (with kasra): her swiftness.
والغلفاق: الطويلة
And 'al-ghilfaaq': the tall one (referring to a woman).
وغلافقة، بالضم: ة بساحل زبيد
And Ghilfaqah (with damma): a town on the coast of Zabid.
وغلفق: أسرع
And 'ghalfqa': he hastened.
والكلام: أساءه
And speech: he made it bad.