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الفيلم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of largeness, abundance, and sometimes negative attributes like cowardice or physical defects. It also encompasses specific objects and actions associated with these ideas.

Derived headwords

الفَيْلَمnoun
  1. 1.
    great manclassical

    A man of great stature or importance.

  2. 2.
    cowardclassical

    A person who lacks courage.

  3. 3.
    large maneclassical

    Referring to a man with a large and abundant mane of hair.

  4. 4.
    wide wellclassical

    A well that is broad and spacious.

  5. 5.
    combclassical

    An instrument used for grooming hair.

  6. 6.
    leather matclassical

    A piece of leather, possibly used as a mat or covering.

  7. 7.
    much sedimentclassical

    A large quantity of dregs or sediment, likely in a liquid.

افتَلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut off noseclassical

    To sever or cut off the nose of someone.

افتلم أنفه — His nose was cut off.
تَفَيْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow fatclassical

    To become fat and corpulent.

  2. 2.
    to grow largeclassical

    To become large or bulky in size.

تفيلم الغلام — The boy grew fat and large.

Parallel reading

الرجل العظيم
The great man
والجبان
And the coward
والعظيم الجمة
And the one with a large mane
والبئر الواسعة
And the wide well
والمشط
And the comb
والنطع
And the leather mat
والكثير من العكر
And much sediment
افتلم أنفه
His nose was cut off.
تفيلم الغلام
The boy grew fat and large.