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عفنج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe something heavy, bulky, or flabby, particularly when referring to people or animals. It can denote a person who is slow or ponderous, or a creature that is large and soft.

Derived headwords

العَفَنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy personclassical

    A person who is heavy, slow, or ponderous.

  2. 2.
    flabby creatureclassical

    A large and flabby creature, often used to describe a hyena.

Parallel reading

العفنج، بالفتح وتشديد النون: وهو الثقيل من الناس.
Al-'afanj, with fatḥa and shadda on the nūn: it is the heavy one among people.
وقيل: هو الضخم الرخو من كل شيء، وأكثر ما يوص به الضبعان.
And it was said: it is the large and flabby one of everything, and it is most often used to describe hyenas.