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قفد

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root قفد primarily relates to striking, particularly the head or nape, and also describes various physical conditions of limbs, necks, and gait, often implying a lack of proper form or a deviation from the norm. It can also refer to the act of wrapping a turban.

Derived headwords

قَفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the napeclassical

    To strike someone on the nape of the neck with the palm of the hand.

  2. 2.
    to strike the headclassical

    To strike the head with the palm of the hand.

  3. 3.
    to workclassical

    To perform work or a task.

  4. 4.
    to become slack-neckedclassical

    To have a slack or relaxed neck.

قَفْدnoun
  1. 1.
    a slap on the napeclassical

    A slap to the head or nape with the palm of the hand.

  2. 2.
    workclassical

    The act of performing work or a task.

  3. 3.
    slackness of the neckclassical

    The condition of having a slack or relaxed neck.

  4. 4.
    inward inclination of hoofclassical

    The inclination of a camel's hoof, whether hand or foot, towards the medial side.

  5. 5.
    inward inclination of head/footclassical

    The condition where the head or foot of a beast is created inclined to its lateral side.

  6. 6.
    inward inclination of legsclassical

    The condition where the front of the legs is seen from behind.

  7. 7.
    stiffness of legsclassical

    Stiffness of the legs from creation, particularly in camels.

  8. 8.
    raised pasternclassical

    The erectness of the pastern and its inclination towards the hoof, a defect in horses.

  9. 9.
    wrapping a turbanclassical

    The act of wrapping a turban without letting the tail hang down.

قَفَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    workclassical

    The act of performing work or a task.

  2. 2.
    slackness of the neckclassical

    The condition of having a slack or relaxed neck.

أَقْفَدadjective
  1. 1.
    slack-neckedclassical

    Having a slack or relaxed neck, applicable to people and ostriches.

  2. 2.
    thick-neckedclassical

    Having a thick neck.

  3. 3.
    walking on tiptoesclassical

    One who walks on the balls of his feet, with the heels not touching the ground.

  4. 4.
    short-fingeredclassical

    A slave whose hands and feet are contracted, with short fingers.

  5. 5.
    weak-jointedclassical

    A man with weak and relaxed joints.

  6. 6.
    having a defect in the pasternclassical

    Describing a horse with an erect pastern inclined towards the hoof.

قَفْدَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    slack-neckedclassical

    Having a slack or relaxed neck.

  2. 2.
    turbaned without tailclassical

    A woman who wraps her turban without letting the tail hang down.

قُفْدَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cosmetic caseclassical

    A case for kohl (eyeliner), often made of patterned material or leather.

  2. 2.
    leather pouchclassical

    A leather pouch used for holding perfumes or other items; a Persian loanword.

قُفْدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    leather pouchclassical

    A leather pouch used for holding perfumes or other items; a Persian loanword.

Parallel reading

قَفَدَهُ، كَضَرَبَهُ: صَفَعَ قَفَاهُ
He struck his nape, like striking him: he slapped his nape.
ضَرَبَ رَأْسَهُ (بِبَاطِنِ كَفِّهِ)
He struck his head (with the palm of his hand).
قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى: مَا حَطَأَنِي حَطَأَةً؛ فَقَالَ: قَفَدَنِي قَفْدَةً
Ibn al-Muthanna said: 'He didn't strike me a blow'; and he said: 'He slapped me a slap.'
الْقَفْدُ: صَفْعُ الرَّأْسِ بِبَسْطِ الْكَفِّ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْقَفَا
Al-qafdu: striking the head with the palm of the hand from the direction of the nape.
مَا زِلْتُ أَقْفِدُكَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ
I have been working for you all day.
اسْتَرْخَى عُنُقُهُ
His neck became slack.
الْأَقْفَدُ وَهُوَ الْمُسْتَرْخِي الْعُنُقِ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالنَّعَامِ
Al-aqfadu, which is the slack-necked one among people and ostriches.
مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمْشِي عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ مِنَ الْأَصَابِعِ وَلَا تَبْلُغُ عَقِبَاهُ الْأَرْضَ
Among them is one who walks on the balls of his feet from the toes, and his heels do not reach the ground.
عَبْدٌ أَقْفَدُ كَزَّ الْيَدَيْنِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ الْقَصِيرُ الْأَصَابِعِ
A slave who is aqfadu, with contracted hands and feet and short fingers.
الظَّلِيمُ أَقْفَدُ وَامْرَأَةٌ قَفْدَاءُ
The ostrich is aqfadu, and a woman is qafda'.
الْأَقْفَدُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ: الضَّعِيفُ الرِّخْوُ الْمَفَاصِلِ
Al-aqfadu among men: the weak, with relaxed joints.
أَنْ يَمِيلَ خُفُّ الْبَعِيرِ مِنَ الْيَدِ أَوِ الرِّجْلِ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْإِنْسِيِّ
That the camel's hoof, whether hand or foot, inclines to the medial side.
أَنْ يُخْلَقَ رَأْسُ الْكَفِّ وَالْقَدَمِ مَائِلًا إِلَى جَانِبِهِ الْوَحْشِيِّ
That the head of the hand and foot is created inclined to its lateral side.
أَنْ يُرَى مُقَدَّمُ رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ مُؤَخِّرِهِمَا مِنْ خَلْفٍ
That the front of his legs is seen from behind.
أَقَيْفِذٌ حَفَّادٌ عَلَيْهِ عَبَاءَةٌ كَسَاهَا مَعْدِيَّهُ مُقَاتِلَةَ الدَّهْرِ
A qafidh, with a cloak covering him, which his enemy has clothed him with the battles of time.
يَبَسُ الرِّجْلَيْنِ مِنْ خِلْقَةٍ
Stiffness of the legs from creation.
انْتِصَابُ الرِّسْغِ وَإِقْبَالُهُ عَلَى الْحَافِرِ
The erectness of the pastern and its inclination towards the hoof.
أَنْ يَلُفَّ عِمَامَتَهُ وَلَا يَسْتَدْعِيَ ذُؤَابَتَهُ
That he wraps his turban and does not let its tail hang down.
تَعَمَّمَ الْقَفْدَاءَ، إِذَا لَمْ يُسْدِلْ ذُؤَابَةً
He wore the qafda' turban, if he did not let the tail hang down.
الْعِمَامَةُ الْقَفْدَاءُ مَعْرُوفَةٌ، وَهِيَ غَيْرُ الْمَيْلَاءِ
The qafda' turban is known, and it is not the hanging one.
الْقُفْدَانَةُ: غِلَافُ الْمِكْحَلَةِ
Al-qufdanah: the case of the kohl container.
خَرِيطَةٌ مِنَ أَدِيمٍ لِلْعِطْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ
A leather pouch for perfume and other things.
فِي جَوْنَةٍ كَقُفْدَانِ الْعَطَّارِ
In a pouch like the perfumer's pouch.