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ءفن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of spoiling, corrupting, or diminishing something, particularly milk or food. It also extends to describing someone with flawed judgment or lacking substance, and can refer to specific plants or immature dates.

Derived headwords

أَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil milkboth

    To milk a female camel at an improper time, thereby spoiling the milk.

  2. 2.
    to drink all milkclassical

    For a young camel (فصيل) to drink all the milk in the udder.

  3. 3.
    to diminishclassical

    To diminish or decrease, referring to milk production.

  4. 4.
    to spoil foodclassical

    For food to become spoiled or unappealing.

  5. 5.
    to mature (dates)classical

    For dates to become mature or overripe.

أَفِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    low in milkclassical

    Describing a female camel whose milk production has diminished.

مَأْفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    weak in opinionboth

    Lacking sound judgment or intellect.

  2. 2.
    pretentiousboth

    Boasting about possessions or qualities one does not have.

  3. 3.
    spoiled (food)classical

    Describing food that is appealing but lacks substance or quality.

أَفِينadjective
  1. 1.
    weak in opinionclassical

    Similar to مأفون, referring to someone weak in judgment or intellect.

  2. 2.
    pretentiousclassical

    Similar to مأفون, referring to someone who boasts of what they don't possess.

أَفَنَ اللهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make weakclassical

    God making someone weak in intellect or opinion.

أَفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    immature datesclassical

    The immature or unripe stage of dates.

إِفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    its proper timeclassical

    Referring to the correct or appointed time for something.

الأَفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    immature datesclassical

    The immature or unripe stage of dates.

الأَفَانِيnoun
  1. 1.
    plantsclassical

    A type of plant.

مَأْفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    deceptiveclassical

    Appearing attractive or good but lacking true worth or substance.

تَأَفَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to diminishclassical

    To decrease or become less.

  2. 2.
    to pretendclassical

    To adopt qualities or characteristics that one does not possess.

  3. 3.
    to be cunningclassical

    To be shrewd or cunning.

  4. 4.
    to investigateclassical

    To investigate or follow up on the final outcomes of matters.

تَأَفُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    diminishmentclassical

    The act of diminishing or decreasing.

  2. 2.
    pretensionclassical

    The act of pretending to have qualities one lacks.

  3. 3.
    cunningclassical

    The state of being cunning or shrewd.

  4. 4.
    investigationclassical

    The act of investigating or following up on matters.

فصيلnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelboth

    A young camel, a calf.

Parallel reading

أفن الناقة يأفنها: حلبها في غير حينها، فيفسدها ذلك
To milk a she-camel (أفن الناقة) is to milk her at an improper time, which spoils it (the milk).
والفصيل: شرب ما في الضرع كله
And for the young camel (الفصيل), it is to drink all that is in the udder.
وقل لبنها، فهي أفنة، كفرحة
And its milk is little, so she is أفنة (low in milk), like فرحة (happy).
والمأفون: الضعيف الرأي والعقل
And the مأفون (weak-minded) is the one weak in opinion and intellect.
والمتمدح بما ليس عنده، كالأفين فيهما
And boasting about what one does not possess, like the أفين (pretentious) in both matters.
وقد أفنه الله تعالى يأفنه
And God Almighty has made him مأفون (weak).
إن الرقين تغطي أفن الأفين
Indeed, the coarse dates cover the deficiency of the pretentious one.
ومن الجوز: الحشف، وقد أفن، كفرح، أفنا ويحرك
And among the walnuts: the shriveled ones (الحشف), and they have become أفن (shriveled), like فرح (happy), أفنا (shriveling) and it is vocalized.
وأخذه بإفانه، بالكسر مشددة: بإبانه
And taking it at its إفانه (proper time), with a kasra and shadda: meaning at its appointed time (بإبانه).
والأفن والأفانى، كسكارى: نبت
And الأفن and الأفاني, like سكارى (drunkards): a plant.
وأفن الطعام، كعني، يؤفن أفنا، فهو مأفون: وهو الذي يعجبك ولا خير فيه
And food becomes أفن (spoiled), as in عني (suffered), it يؤفن (becomes spoiled) أفنا (spoiling), so it is مأفون (spoiled): it is that which pleases you but has no good in it.
وتأفن: تنقص، وتخلق بما ليس فيه، وتدهى
And تأفن (to diminish): to decrease, to adopt what is not in oneself, and to be cunning.
وأواخر الأمور: تتبعها
And the ends of matters: to follow them up (تتبعها).
وكأمير: الفصيل
And like أمير (prince): the young camel (الفصيل).