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شفلح

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes things that are thick, wide, or fleshy, particularly lips, gums, and certain fruits or plants. It can also refer to a person with specific facial features or a large build.

Derived headwords

الشَّفْلَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick, coarse, looseboth

    Describes someone with thick, coarse, and loose features, particularly lips and gums.

  2. 2.
    Wide-nostriled, large-lipped manclassical

    Specifically refers to a man who is wide-nostriled and large-lipped.

  3. 3.
    Loose-lipped womanclassical

    Refers to a woman with loose lips.

  4. 4.
    Large-jawed womanclassical

    Refers to a woman who is large-jawed and has ample capacity.

  5. 5.
    Fruit of the caperboth

    The fruit of the caper plant when it opens.

  6. 6.
    Caper-like fruitclassical

    A fruit resembling a cucumber, growing on the caper plant.

  7. 7.
    Treeclassical

    A tree whose stem has four parts, said to be very thick.

  8. 8.
    Split dateboth

    Refers to dates that have split open, likened to the caper fruit.

شَفْلَحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick (lips, gums)both

    Describes lips or gums as being thick, fleshy, and wide.

شَفْلَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Caper fruitboth

    A single fruit of the caper plant.

Parallel reading

الحر الغليظ الحروف المسترخي
The coarse, thick-lipped, loose-featured person.
هو من الرجال (الواسع المنخرين العظيم الشفتين)
He is among men (the wide-nostriled, large-lipped).
هو (المسترخيهما
He is (loose-lipped).
من النساء: (المرأة الضخمة الأسكتين الواسعة) المتاع
And among women: (the woman who is large-jawed and ample).
لعمر التي جاءت بكم من شفلح لدى نسييها ساقط الإسب أهلبا
By the life of her who brought you forth from a thick-lipped lineage, whose offspring are loose-lipped and broad-shouldered.
شفة شفلحة: غليظة
A thick lip: coarse.
ولثة شفلحة: كثيرة اللحم عريضة
And a thick gum: fleshy and wide.
ثمر الكبر إذا تفتح
The fruit of the caper when it opens.
شبه القثاء يكون على الكبر
Like a cucumber, growing on the caper plant.
شجرة، لساقها أربعة أحرف، إن شئت ذبحت بكل حرف شاة، وثمرته كرأس زنجي
A tree, its stem has four parts; if you wish, you could slaughter a sheep for each part, and its fruit is like a negro's head.
ما تشقق من بلح النخل
What has split from the dates of the palm tree.