العفشل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes heaviness, sluggishness, and a lack of strength or refinement. It extends to terms for a slow, clumsy person, a weak individual, and even animals or objects characterized by bulk or coarseness.

Derived headwords

العَفْشَلadjective

1.
Heavy, sluggishboth
Describing someone or something that is heavy, slow-moving, and perhaps dull or unwieldy.

العَفَنْشَلadjective

1.
Heavy, sluggishclassical
Synonymous with العفشل, denoting heaviness and sluggishness.

العَفْشَلِيلadjective

1.
Heavy, sluggishclassical
Similar to العفشل, indicating heaviness and a lack of agility.
2.
Coarse, roughclassical
Describing a person as unrefined, rough in manners, and heavy in demeanor.
3.
Flabby, loose-fleshedclassical
Used to describe an old woman whose flesh has become loose and flabby.
4.
Thickly-piled rugclassical
Referring to a carpet or rug that has a very thick pile of wool.
5.
Hyenaclassical
A term for a hyena, possibly due to its perceived heaviness or coarseness.

عَفْشَالadjective

1.
Lacking strength, weakclassical
Describing a man who is weak, lacking in courage or power.

Parallel reading

الثقيل الوخم

The heavy, sluggish one.

كالعفنشل

Like the heavy and sluggish one.

والعفشليل: الرجل الجافي الثقيل

And Al-Afshaleel: the coarse, heavy man.

والعجوز المسترخية اللحم

And the old woman loose-fleshed.

والكساء الكثير الوبر

And the carpet with much wool.

والضبع أو الضبعان

And the hyena or the male hyena.

ورجل عفشال، بالكسر: قليل البأس

And a man 'afshaal, with kasra: lacking in strength.