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العفنجل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is heavy, slow, and excessively talkative, particularly with irrelevant or excessive speech. It conveys a sense of being burdensome or tedious due to their verbose nature.

Derived headwords

العَفَنْجَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Verbose personclassical

    A person who is heavy, slow, and excessively talkative, engaging in superfluous speech on all matters.

عَفَنْجَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be verboseclassical

    To speak excessively and superfluously, characteristic of a verbose person.

Parallel reading

العَفَنْجَلُ، كَسَمَنْدَلٍ: الثَّقِيلُ الكَثِيرُ فُضُولُ الكَلَامِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
The 'afanjal, like samandal: the heavy one, excessive in superfluous speech in everything.