كفهر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a dark, heavy, and imposing appearance, often associated with clouds, faces, or even mountains. It can also denote a stern or unyielding disposition, and in a more specific context, the emergence or prominence of celestial bodies.

Derived headwords

المُكْفَهِرّadjective

1.
Dark, heavy cloudsboth
Describes thick, black clouds piled on top of each other.
2.
Stern-facedboth
A face that is gaunt, with thick skin, showing no shame or embarrassment.
3.
Sallow-facedboth
A face whose color is dark or dusky, with a stern appearance.
4.
Grim-facedboth
A frowning, contracted face lacking cheerfulness.
5.
Impenetrable mountainclassical
A mountain that is solid, inaccessible, and strong, unaffected by events.
6.
Prominent starclassical
A star whose face or light becomes visible and prominent in the intense darkness of the night.
7.
Unyieldingclassical
Solid and unaffected by the passage of time or events.
8.
Frowning, gloomyclassical
Describes a year or time that is somber and uninviting.

المُكْرَهِفّadjective

1.
Dark, heavy cloudsclassical
Similar to المكفهر, describing thick, black clouds piled on top of each other.

اكْفَهَرَّverb

1.
To frownboth
A person's face becomes contracted and stern.
2.
To emerge, become prominentclassical
A star's face or light becomes visible and prominent in the darkness.

Parallel reading

السحاب الغليظ الأسود الراكب بعضه على بعض

Thick, black clouds piled on top of each other.

والمكرهف مثله

And al-mukrahiif is similar to it.

وكل متراكب مكفهر

And everything piled up is mukfahirr.

المكفهر من الوجوه: القليل اللحم الغليظ الجلد الذي لا يستحي من شيء

Al-mukfahirr of faces: one with little flesh and thick skin, who is not ashamed of anything.

أو المكفهر الوجه هو الضارب لونه إلى الغبرة مع غلظ

Or the mukfahirr face is one whose color darkens to duskiness with thickness.

بمكفهر اللون ذي حطاط

With a dark-colored face that was falling apart.

إذا لقيت الكافر فالقه بوجه مكفهر

If you meet an unbeliever, meet him with a stern face.

قيل: المكفهر: المتعبس المتقبض الذي لا طلاقة فيه

It is said: Al-mukfahirr is the frowning, contracted one who lacks cheerfulness.

وقد اكفهر الرجل، إذا عبس

And a man has become mukfahirr when he frowns.

يقول: لا تلقه بوجه منبسط

Meaning: Do not meet him with a cheerful face.

المكفهر من الجبال: الصلب المنيع الشديد لا تناله حادثة

Al-mukfahirr of mountains: the solid, inaccessible, strong one that no event can reach.

واكفهر النجم، إذا بدا وجهه وضوؤه في شدة الظلمة

And a star has become mukfahirr when its face and light appeared in the intensity of darkness.

إذا الليل أدجى واكفهرت نجومه وصاح من الأفراط هام جواثم

When the night darkened and its stars became prominent, and the owl cried from the branches, the birds were still.

المكفهر: الصلب الذي لا تغيره الحوادث

Al-mukfahirr: the solid one that events do not change.

وعام مكفهر، أي عابس قطوب، وهو مجاز

And a mukfahirr year, meaning frowning and gloomy, and this is metaphorical.