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خفس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to speaking offensively or obscenely, and also to intoxication. It is also associated with a type of insect, the beetle.

Derived headwords

أَخْفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak obscenelyclassical

    To utter the most offensive or foul language one is capable of.

مُخْفِسadjective
  1. 1.
    intoxicatingclassical

    Describing a drink that causes rapid intoxication or drunkenness.

خُنْفُسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    beetleboth

    A type of crawling insect, specifically a beetle.

خُنْفُسَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female beetleboth

    female beetle

خُنْفُسnoun
  1. 1.
    beetleclassical

    Another term for a beetle.

خُنْفُسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beetle (female)classical

    The female of the beetle, used as an alternative term.

Parallel reading

أخفس الرجل، إذا قال أقبح ما قدر عليه.
A man is described as 'akhfasa' if he says the most offensive thing he is capable of.
ويقال: شراب مخفس، أي سريع الإسكار.
And it is said: a drink is 'mukhfis', meaning rapidly intoxicating.
ويقال لهذه الدويبة: خنفساء بفتح الفاء ممدودة.
And this small creature is called: khunfusā' with a fatha on the fa and elongated.
والأنثى خنفساءة.
And the female is khunfusā'ah.
والخنفس لغة فيه.
And al-khunfus is a term for it.
والانثى خنفسة.
And the female is khunfusah.