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عفت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root عفت (ʿ-f-t) primarily relates to the concept of breaking, twisting, or distorting something. This can apply to physical objects like a hand, or abstract concepts like speech, leading to meanings of being crooked, clumsy, or foolish.

Derived headwords

عَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to twistboth

    To twist one's hand, often with the intention of breaking it.

يَعْفِتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    twists itboth

    He twists it (referring to a hand), with the intention of breaking it.

عَفْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    twistingclassical

    The act of twisting, specifically referring to twisting a hand to break it.

عَفَتَ كلامهverb
  1. 1.
    to distort speechclassical

    To distort one's speech due to a lisp or impediment.

يَعْفِتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    distorts itclassical

    He distorts it (referring to speech) due to a lisp or impediment.

الأعْفَتadjective
  1. 1.
    left-handedclassical

    In the dialect of Tamim, it means left-handed.

  2. 2.
    foolishclassical

    In other dialects, it means foolish or stupid.

Parallel reading

عفت يده يعفتها عفتا، إذا لواها ليكسرها
His hand twists, he twists it, a twisting, if he twists it to break it.
وعفت كلامه يعفته، أي يكسره من اللكنة
And he distorts his speech, he distorts it, meaning he breaks it due to a lisp.
الأعفت في لغة تميم: الأعسر
Al-A'fat in the dialect of Tamim: the left-handed.
وفي لغة غيرهم: الأحمق
And in the dialect of others: the foolish.