عفس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root عفس primarily relates to concepts of confinement, humiliation, and struggle. It extends to actions of wrestling, dealing with, and enduring hardship, as well as specific names for camels and she-camels.

Derived headwords

العَفْسnoun

1.
confinementclassical
The state of being imprisoned or held captive.
2.
humiliationclassical
The state of being debased, degraded, or subjected to indignity.

مَعْفُوسadjective

1.
imprisonedclassical
One who is held in confinement or prison.
2.
humiliatedclassical
One who is debased or degraded.

اِعْتَفَسَverb

1.
wrestledclassical
To engage in a struggle or fight, often by grappling.

المُعَافَسَةnoun

1.
treatment, handlingboth
treatment, handling

عافَسَverb

1.
dealt withclassical
To engage in or handle a situation or person.
2.
struggled withclassical
To contend with or fight against.

عَفَاسname

1.
she-camel's nameclassical
The name of one of the two she-camels belonging to the poet al-Numayri.

بُرُوعname

1.
she-camel's nameclassical
The name of one of the two she-camels belonging to the poet al-Numayri.

عَجْسَاءadjective

1.
stiff-backedclassical
Describing a camel with a stiff or rigid back.

Parallel reading

العفس: الحبس والابتذال أيضا.

Al-'afsu: confinement and also humiliation.

والمعفوس: المسجون.

And al-ma'fūs: the imprisoned one.

والمعفوس: المبتذل.

And al-ma'fūs: the humiliated one.

كأنه من طول جذع العفس

As if it were from the length of the stiff-backed camel's body

ينحت من أقطاره بفأس

He carves from its sides with an axe

واعتفس القوم: اصطرعوا.

And the people wrestled: they struggled.

والمعافسة: المعالجة.

And al-mu'āfasah: the dealing with.

" وعافسنا النساء ".

" And we dealt with women ".

وعفاس وبروع: اسم ناقتين للراعي النميري

And 'Afās and Burū': the names of two she-camels belonging to al-Rā'ī al-Numayrī.

إذا بركت (1) منها عجاساء جلة

When she knelt, a large, stiff-backed one among them

بمحنية أشلى العفاس وبروعا (2)

At a watering place, I urged on al-'Afās and Burū'.