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عفص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sealing, tightening, and astringency. It describes the materials used for sealing containers, the act of sealing, and the resulting puckering or astringent sensation.

Derived headwords

العِفَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    a leather covering for the mouth of a bottleboth

    a leather covering for the mouth of a bottle

عَفَصَverb
  1. 1.
    astringent (food)both

    astringent (food)

أَعْفَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To provide with a sealboth

    To furnish a bottle or flask with a seal or stopper.

العُنْفُصadjective
  1. 1.
    Shameless, immodest womanclassical

    A woman who is vulgar, immodest, and lacks shyness.

العَفَصnoun
  1. 1.
    gallnut, from which ink is madeboth

    gallnut, from which ink is made

عَفِصadjective
  1. 1.
    astringent (food)both

    astringent (food)

عُفُوصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    astringencyboth

    astringency

Parallel reading

العفاص: جلد يلبس رأس القارورة.
The 'ifas: leather that covers the mouth of a bottle.
وأما الذي يدخل في فمها فهو الصمام.
As for what enters its mouth, that is the stopper.
وقد عفصت القارورة: شددت عليها العفاص.
And the bottle was sealed: its seal was tightened upon it.
وأعفصتها، إذا جعلت لها عفاصا.
And I provided it with a seal, if you made a seal for it.
والعنفص، بالكسر: المرأة البذية القليلة الحياء.
And 'unfus, with a kasra: the vulgar woman, little in modesty.
ليست بسوداء ولا عنفص
She is not dark-skinned nor vulgar
تسارق الطرف إلى داعر
Stealing glances towards a lover
والعفص: الذي يتخذ منه الحبر، مولد وليس من كلام أهل البادية
And 'afas: that from which ink is made, a neologism and not from the speech of the desert dwellers.
ويقال: طعام عفص
And it is said: an astringent food
وفيه عفوصة، أي تقبض.
And it has astringency, meaning it puckers.