القفن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, killing, and the back of the neck. It encompasses actions like beating with a stick or whip, fighting, and specifically the act of slaughtering an animal from the back of its neck. It also extends to the concept of death and the physical part of the neck.

Derived headwords

قَفَنَverb

1.
to strikeboth
To strike with a stick or whip.
2.
to fightclassical
To engage in combat or fighting.

قَفَنَverb

1.
to dieclassical
To pass away or cease to live.

قَفَنَverb

1.
to strike the napeboth
To strike someone on the back of their neck (nape).

قَفَنَverb

1.
to slaughter from the napeboth
To slaughter a sheep by cutting from the back of its neck.

اقْتَفَنَverb

1.
to slaughter from the napeboth
To slaughter a sheep by cutting from the back of its neck.

اقْتَفَنَverb

1.
to slaughter from the faceclassical
To slaughter a sheep by cutting from the front of its face, severing the head.

قُفِنَverb

1.
to be slaughtered from the napeboth
To be slaughtered from the back of the neck.

قَفِينَةadjective

1.
slaughtered from the napeboth
A sheep that has been slaughtered from the back of its neck.

قَفَاverb

1.
to lapboth
To lap water with the tongue, like a dog.

القَفَاnoun

1.
nape of the neckboth
The back part of the neck.

القُفْنnoun

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck, with the noun being intensified in its meaning.

قُفْنadjective

1.
coarse and roughclassical
Describing someone as coarse, unrefined, or rough in manner.

التَّقْفِينnoun

1.
decapitationclassical
The act of cutting off the head.

قُفَانnoun

1.
groupclassical
The collective gathering or group of anything.
2.
comprehensive workclassical
The thoroughness or completeness of a work or action.
3.
scalesclassical
A device for weighing, similar to scales.
4.
trusteeclassical
A trustworthy person or an administrator.

Parallel reading

الضرب بالعصا والسوط، والقتال.

Striking with a stick and a whip, and fighting.

وقفن يقفن قفونا: مات

And qafana, yaqfuna, qufūnan: he died.

وفلانا: ضرب قفاه

And fulānan: he struck his nape.

والشاة: ذبحها من قفاها، كاقتفنها، فهي قفينة

And the sheep: he slaughtered it from its nape, as if he had slaughtered it from its nape, and it is qafīnah.

والكلب: ولغ.

And the dog: it lapped.

واقتفن الشاة: ذبحها من قبل وجهها، فأبان الرأس.

And he slaughtered the sheep from its face, severing the head.

والقفن، وتشدد نونه: القفا.

And al-qafn, with its n intensified: the nape of the neck.

وكخدب: الجلف الجافي.

And like khadab: the coarse, rough one.

والتقفين: قطع الرأس.

And al-taqfīn: cutting off the head.

وقفان كل شيء، كشداد: جماعته، واستقصاء عمله، والقبان، والأمين.

And qufān of everything, like shiddād: its group, and the thoroughness of its work, and the scales, and the trustee.