ءفخ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the soft spot on a baby's head, its fontanelle. It also extends metaphorically to the peak or main part of something, like the night.

Derived headwords

اليَأْفُوخnoun

1.
fontanelleboth
The soft, membranous gap on the skull of a young infant where the cranial bones have not yet fused.

اليَآفِيخnoun

1.
fontanellesboth
The plural form of 'al-ya'fūkh', referring to multiple fontanelles.

أَفَخْتُهُverb

1.
to strike the fontanelleclassical
To hit someone on the fontanelle, the soft spot of the head.

يَافُوخُ اللَّيْلِnoun

1.
peak of the nightclassical
The middle or the most significant part of the night.

Parallel reading

اليأفوخ: الموضع الذي يتحرك من رأس الطفل

The fontanelle: the place that moves on a child's head.

وهو يفعول

And it is a 'yaf'ūl' pattern.

والجمع اليآفيخ

And the plural is 'al-yāfīkh'.

وأفخته: ضربت يأفوخه

And I struck its fontanelle: I struck its fontanelle.

ويافوخ الليل: معظمه

And the peak of the night: its majority.