عفط

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the snorting or blowing of air through the nose, particularly by sheep and goats. It extends to the sound made when herding animals and to the animals themselves, as well as to a female slave who herds.

Derived headwords

عَفَطَverb

1.
to snortboth
To make a sound by expelling air through the nose, like a goat or sheep.

عَفْطًاnoun

1.
snortingboth
The act or sound of snorting.

العَفْطُnoun

1.
snortingclassical
The act or sound of expelling air through the nose, similar to how a donkey snorts.

العَفِيطُnoun

1.
snortingclassical
The sound of expelling air through the nose, characteristic of sheep.

العَفْطَةُnoun

1.
snortingclassical
The act or sound of snorting, particularly by sheep.
2.
eweclassical
A female sheep, specifically one that snorts.

عافِطَةnoun

1.
eweclassical
A female sheep, characterized by its snorting.
2.
female slave herderclassical
A female slave who tends to livestock.

نافِطَةnoun

1.
she-goatclassical
A female goat, known for snorting.

عَفَطَ الراعيverb

1.
to herd with a snortclassical
When a shepherd herds his sheep by making a sound similar to an animal's snort.

العافِطَةُnoun

1.
female slave herderclassical
A female slave who herds animals.

العَفَّاطَةُnoun

1.
female slave herderclassical
A female slave who herds animals.

Parallel reading

عفطت العنز تعفط عفطا

The goat snorted, making a snorting sound.

حبقت

It made a snorting sound.

والعفط والعفيط: نثير الضأن تنثر بأنوفها كما ينثر الحمار

And the snorting and the snorting sound: the blowing of sheep through their noses like a donkey blows.

وهى العفطة أيضا

And it is also called the 'afṭah.

ماله عافطة ولا نافطة

He has neither a snorting ewe nor a snorting she-goat.

العافطة: النعجة

The 'āfiṭah: the ewe.

والنافطة: العنز، لانها تنفط بأنفها

And the nāfiṭah: the she-goat, because she snorts with her nose.

وهذا كقولهم: " ماله ثاغية ولا راغية "

And this is like their saying: 'He has neither a bleating sheep nor a mooing camel.'

عفط الراعي بغنمه، إذا زجرها بصوت يشبه عفطها

The shepherd herded his sheep by making a sound similar to their snorting.

العافطة والعفاطة: الأمة الراعية

The 'āfiṭah and the 'afāṭah: the female slave herder.