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خدفر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to worn-out or old clothing. It is primarily used to describe garments that are tattered or in a state of disrepair.

Derived headwords

الخدافرnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out clothesclassical

    This refers to garments that are old, tattered, and worn out. It is used in the plural form.

خدفرةnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out garmentclassical

    This is the singular form of 'الخدافر', referring to a single piece of worn-out or tattered clothing.

Parallel reading

بالفتح، أهمله الجوهري.
with fatha, ignored by Al-Jawhari.
وقال أبو محمد الأسود: هي (الخلقان من الثياب)، استعمل هاكذا بالجمع، ويجوز أن يكون مفرده خدفرة.
And Abu Muhammad Al-Aswad said: It is (the worn-out clothes), used thus in the plural, and it is permissible for its singular to be 'khudfara'.