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طلفء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes the concept of adhering closely to something, particularly the ground or a surface. It conveys a sense of being stuck, clinging, or lying low.

Derived headwords

اِطْلَنْفَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling to the groundclassical

    To adhere closely to the ground, as if stuck or pressed down.

اِطْلَنْفَاءًnoun
  1. 1.
    clinging to the groundclassical

    The act or state of adhering closely to the ground.

مُطْلَنْفِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    clinging to the groundclassical

    Describing something that is adhering closely to the ground, lying low.

Parallel reading

اطلنفأت اطلنفاء، إذا لزقت بالأرض
It clung to the ground, a clinging, if it adhered to the earth.
وجمل مطلنفئ الشرف، أي لازق السنام
And a camel that is clinging to the summit, meaning its hump is stuck [to the ground].