ضفند

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, soft, flabby, and often associated with heaviness and foolishness. It can refer to a person or an animal with these characteristics.

Derived headwords

الضَّفَنْدnoun

1.
Soft, bloated, largeclassical
Describing something that is soft, bloated, and large in size, like a sponge.

ضِفِنْدadjective

1.
Soft, bloated, largeclassical
Describing something that is soft, bloated, and large in size, like a sponge.

ضَفَنْطadjective

1.
Soft, bloated, largeclassical
Describing something that is soft, bloated, and large in size, like a sponge.

الضَّفَنْدَدnoun

1.
Large and foolishclassical
Describing a person who is large and foolish.

ضَفَنْدَدadjective

1.
Large and foolishclassical
Describing a person who is large and foolish.
2.
Large-waisted, flabbyclassical
Describing a woman with a large waist and flabby flesh.
3.
Fat and heavy with foolishnessclassical
Describing a man who is heavy with flesh, slow-witted, and foolish.

ضَفَنْدَدَةadjective

1.
Flabbyclassical
Describing a woman as flabby.
2.
Flabbyclassical
Describing a male as flabby.

Parallel reading

الضفند، كسفنج: الرخو البطين

The large, soft one, like a sponge: the soft-bellied one.

الضخم، قاله الليث

The large, said Al-Layth.

وكذالك الضفنط

And likewise the soft, large one.

والضفندد: الضخم الأحمق

And the large and foolish: the large, foolish one.

إذا كان مع الحمق في الرجل كثرة لحم وثقل قيل: رجل ضفنفد ضفن خجأة

If a man has foolishness along with much flesh and heaviness, it is said: a man of much flesh, soft, and clumsy.

وامرأة ضفندد، بغير هاء: ضخمة الخاصرة، مسترخية اللحم

And a woman is 'dhafnadad', without the 'ha': large-waisted, with relaxed flesh.

ورجل ضفندد: كثير اللحم، ثقيل مع حمق

And a man is 'dhafnadad': having much flesh, heavy with foolishness.

هو ملحق بالخماسي، بتكرير آخره

It is attached to the pentasyllabic, by repeating its end.

امرأة ضفنددة: رخوة

A woman is 'dhafnadadah': flabby.

والذكر ضفندد

And the male is 'dhafnadad'.