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عفضج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes something or someone as large, fat, and flabby or soft. It is used to denote a state of being overweight and lacking firmness.

Derived headwords

العَفْضَجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, fat, flabbyboth

    Describing a person or thing as being large, excessively fat, and soft or flabby.

العَفَاضِجadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, fat, flabbyboth

    An alternative form, with the initial vowel marked by damma, describing someone or something as large, fat, and soft or flabby.

Parallel reading

الْعَفْضَج: الضخم السمين الرخو
Al-'afḍaj: the large, fat, flabby one.
وكذلك العفاضج بالضم
And likewise al-'afāḍij, with the damma.
إن فلانا لمعصوب ما عفضج
Indeed, so-and-so is lean/tightly bound, not flabby.