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الفرقم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific, somewhat obscure, physical attributes and conditions. It describes a part of the male anatomy and also terms for slowness in aging and poor nourishment.

Derived headwords

الفِرْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Glans penisclassical

    Refers to the glans of the male genitalia.

المُفَرْقِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Slow to grayclassical

    Describes someone whose hair turns gray late in life.

  2. 2.
    Poorly nourishedclassical

    Indicates someone who is in a state of bad or insufficient nourishment.

Parallel reading

الفِرْقَم، كجعفر: حشفة الرجل.
Al-firqam, like Ja'far: the glans of the man.
والمُفَرْقِم، بفتح القاف: البطيء الشيب، السيئ الغذاء.
And al-mufarqim, with fatha on the qaf: the slow to gray, the poorly nourished.