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د ع ف س

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a specific type of camel, characterized by its behavior related to drinking water. It refers to a camel that waits for other camels to finish drinking before it drinks the remaining water.

Derived headwords

الدعفسnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel that waits to drinkclassical

    A camel that waits until other camels have drunk, and then drinks the remaining water (s'ur).

كزبرجnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel that waits to drinkclassical

    An alternative term for الدعفس, referring to a camel that waits for others to drink before drinking the leftover water.

Parallel reading

الدعفس، كزبرج، من الإبل: التي تنتظر حتى تشرب الإبل، ثم تشرب ما بقي من سؤرها
Ad-du'fus, kuzbaraj, from the camels: the one that waits until the camels drink, then drinks what remains of their leftover water.
أهمله الصاغاني، في التكملة وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Saghani omitted it in Al-Takmilah, as did the author of Al-Lisan.
وعزاه في العباب لأبي عمرو.
And in Al-'Ubab, it is attributed to Abu Amr.