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قلف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of covering, removing a covering, or being covered. It is most notably used to describe the foreskin and the act of circumcision, but also extends to peeling bark, sealing jars, caulking ships, and the date cluster.

Derived headwords

أَقْلَفadjective
  1. 1.
    uncircumcisedboth

    uncircumcised

قَلَفnoun
  1. 1.
    he cut itboth

    he cut it

قُلْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foreskinboth

    foreskin

قَلَفَverb
  1. 1.
    he cut itboth

    he cut it

قَلَفَهاverb
  1. 1.
    he circumcised itclassical

    The past tense verb referring to the act of circumcision, specifically applied to the foreskin.

قَلْفاًnoun
  1. 1.
    circumcisionclassical

    The act or result of circumcision.

اقْلَفّadjective
  1. 1.
    uncircumcisedboth

    uncircumcised

قَلَفَتverb
  1. 1.
    she peeledclassical

    The past tense verb referring to the act of peeling, specifically the bark of a tree.

قَلَفْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I sealedclassical

    The past tense verb referring to the act of sealing a jar with clay.

قَلَفْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I caulkedclassical

    The past tense verb referring to the act of caulking a ship.

قُلَيْفnoun
  1. 1.
    date clusterclassical

    A cluster or bunch of dates.

Parallel reading

رجل أقلف بين القلف، وهو الذي لم يختن.
An uncircumcised man is described as 'aqlaf', meaning one who has not been circumcised.
والقلفة بالضم: الغرلة.
And 'qulfah' (with dammah) means the foreskin.
كأنما حثرمة ابن غابن قلفة طفل تحت موسى خاتن
As if the prepuce of Ibn Ghabin's son was the foreskin of a child under Musa the circumciser.
وقلفها الخاتن قلفا: قطعها.
And the circumciser 'qalfaha' (circumcised it) meaning he cut it.
وتزعم العرب أن الغلام إذا ولد في القمراء قسحت قلفته فصار كالمختون.
The Arabs claim that if a boy is born during the 'qamra'' (full moon), his foreskin hardens and becomes like that of a circumcised person.
إنى حلفت يمينا غير كاذبة لانت أقلف إلا ما جنى القمر
Indeed, I swore an oath, not a lie, that you are uncircumcised except for what the moon has caused.
والقلفة بالتحريك من الاقلف، كالقطعة من الأقطع.
And 'qalfah' (with harakah) is derived from 'aqlaf', similar to 'qit'ah' from 'aqta''.
وقلفت الشجرة، أي نحيت عنها لحاءها.
And I 'qalaftu' the tree, meaning I removed its bark.
وقلفت الدن: فضضت عنه طينه.
And I 'qalaftu' the jar, meaning I broke its clay seal.
وقلفت السفينة، إذا خرزت ألواحها بالليف وجعلت في خللها القار.
And I 'qalaftu' the ship, if I stitched its planks with fiber and put pitch in its seams.
والقليف جلة التمر.
And 'al-qulayf' is a cluster of dates.