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عقف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root عقف (ʿqf) primarily relates to bending, curving, or turning something. It extends to meanings of crookedness, a specific ailment causing lameness, and figuratively, a harsh or uncivilized disposition.

Derived headwords

عَقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To cause something to bend or curve.

اِنْعَقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To become bent or curved.

عَقْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    bendingboth

    The act of bending or curving something.

العُقَافnoun
  1. 1.
    lamenessclassical

    A disease affecting the legs of sheep, causing them to become crooked or lame.

التَّعْقِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    bending, curvingboth

    bending, curving

أَعْقَفadjective
  1. 1.
    uncivilizedclassical

    Describing a person as rough, uncivilized, or uncouth in manner.

Parallel reading

عقفت الشئ عقفا فانعقف
I bent the thing, and it became bent.
أي عطفته فانعطف
Meaning, I turned it, and it turned.
كأنه عقف تولى يهرب
As if it were a bent thing fleeing away,
يعقفهن (2) أكلب
which the tribe of Aklab makes crooked.
فـيـقـال هـو الـثـعـلـب
And it is said to be the fox.
والعقاف: داء يأخذ الشاة في قوائمها حتى تعوج
And Al-Uqaf: a disease that afflicts a sheep in its legs until they become crooked.
والتعقيف التعويج
And At-Ta'qif: crookedness.
وأعرابي أعقف
And a Bedouin who is uncivilized,
أي جاف
meaning, rough.