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ع ف ر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, concealing, or being hidden. It also extends to concepts of dust, earth, and things being obscured or unknown. Derived terms often refer to places, personal names, or historical figures associated with these meanings.

Derived headwords

عَفِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    dustyboth

    Covered or mixed with dust or earth.

  2. 2.
    reddish-brownclassical

    Describing a color resembling earth or dust, often a reddish-brown hue.

عَفَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover with dustclassical

    To cause something to be covered or mixed with dust or earth.

  2. 2.
    to prostrate oneselfclassical

    To throw oneself down, often in humility or submission, covering oneself with dust.

يَعْفُرُname
  1. 1.
    name of a personboth

    A male given name, appearing in various historical figures.

عَفَّارٌname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific fortress in Yemen.

  2. 2.
    name of a personboth

    A male given name, also used as a surname or part of a lineage.

عُفَيْرَةٌname
  1. 1.
    female nameboth

    A feminine given name.

عَفَّارَىname
  1. 1.
    female nameboth

    A feminine given name, possibly a variant or plural form.

نَجْدُ عَفْرٍname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A specific location or region named 'Najd 'Afr'.

عِفْرِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A specific location or region named ' 'Ifri'.

يَعْفُورُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِname
  1. 1.
    historical figureboth

    A historical individual, son of Al-Mughirah.

أَبُو يَعْفُورٍname
  1. 1.
    patronymic nameboth

    A kunya (patronymic) referring to a father of someone named Ya'fur.

عَفِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي عَفِيرٍname
  1. 1.
    historical figureboth

    A historical individual, son of Abi 'Afir, a companion.

أَضْبُو يَعْفُورٍname
  1. 1.
    historical figureboth

    A historical individual known by the name 'Adbu Ya'fur'.

ابْنُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَفِيرٍname
  1. 1.
    lineage nameboth

    A reference to someone in the lineage of Ibn Abi Al-Qasim bin 'Afir.

يَعْفَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَname
  1. 1.
    historical figureboth

    A historical individual, Ya'far bin Yazid.

الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَفَّارٍname
  1. 1.
    historical figureboth

    A historical individual, Al-Aswad bin 'Affar.

Parallel reading

أسود بن يعفر، بضم الياء، وهذا ينصرف لأنه قد زال عنه شبه الفعل.
Aswad bin Ya'fur, with a damma on the ya, and this is declinable because the resemblance to a verb has been removed from it.
وعفار، كشداد: حصن باليمن، افتتحه الإمام الحسن بن شرف الدين ابن صلاح الحسني، أو هو كسحاب.
And 'Affar, like Shaddad: a fortress in Yemen, which was conquered by Imam Al-Hasan bin Sharaf al-Din Ibn Salah Al-Hasani, or it is like Sahab.
وعفيرة وعفارى: من أسماء النساء.
And 'Ufayrah and 'Affarah: are among the names of women.
ونجد عفر وعفري، بالضم: موضعان.
And Najd 'Afr and 'Ifri, with a damma: are two places.
لقد لاقى المطي بنجد عفر حديث إن عجبت له عجيب
The mounts have indeed encountered Najd 'Afr, a story if you marvel at it, it is marvelous.
غشيت بعفري أو برجلتها ربعا رمادا وأحجارا بقين بها سفعا
I covered with 'Ifri or its foot a dwelling place, ashes and stones remaining in it, scorched.
ويعفور بن المغيرة بن شعبة، ويقال: أبو يعفور عروة بن المغيرة.
And Ya'fur bin Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah, and it is said: Abu Ya'fur 'Urwah bin Al-Mughirah.
وأبو يعفور عروة بن مسعود الثقفي صحابى.
And Abu Ya'fur 'Urwah bin Mas'ud Al-Thaqafi was a companion.
وعفير بن أبي عفير الأنصاري صحابى، حديثه في الأفراد لابن أبي عاصم.
And 'Afir bin Abi 'Afir Al-Ansari was a companion; his hadith is in Al-Afrad by Ibn Abi 'Asim.
وأضبو يعفور العبدي اسمه وقدان تابعي، روى عن ابن أبي أوفى وغيره، وعنه شعبة، وابنه يونس.
And Adbu Ya'fur Al-Abdi, his name is Wuddan, a Successor, narrated from Ibn Abi Awfa and others, and from him narrated Shu'bah, and his son Yunus.
وإبراهيم بن أبي المكارم ابن أبي القاسم بن عفير، كأمير، سمع ببغداد من جماعة، ذكره ابن نقطة.
And Ibrahim bin Abi Al-Makarim, son of Abi Al-Qasim bin 'Afir, like Ameer, heard in Baghdad from a group; Ibn Nuqtah mentioned him.
ويعفر بن يزيد بن النعمان، جد سميفع بن ناكور جماع قبائل ذي الكلاع.
And Ya'far bin Yazid bin Al-Nu'man, the grandfather of Sumayfi' bin Nakur, the gatherer of the tribes of Dhi Al-Kala'.
والأسود ابن عفار بن صنبور كسحاب، ذكره هانئ بن مسعود في رثايته النعمان بن المنذر، فقال:
And Al-Aswad bin 'Affar bin Sanbur, like Sahab, Hani' bin Mas'ud mentioned him in his elegy for Al-Nu'man bin Al-Mundhir, and said:
ونعى الأسود العفارى عن من زل خصب وخبتة غربيب
And Al-Aswad Al-'Affari announced the death of one who lost prosperity and a dark, desolate place.