ع ف ر س

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to strength, ferocity, and speed, often applied to animals like lions and camels, or to powerful individuals. It also encompasses terms for specific geographical locations or tribal names, and a notable historical figure.

Derived headwords

العَفْرَسnoun

1.
Lionclassical
A name for a strong lion with a thick neck.
2.
Tribal nameclassical
A name for a tribe in Yemen, specifically 'Afres bin Half bin Aftal.

عَفْرَسَverb

1.
To overpowerclassical
To throw down and overcome someone or something.

وعفرسه عفرسة، إذا صرعه وغلبه — And 'afarasa him 'afarsatan, if he threw him down and overcame him.

عَفْرَسَةnoun

1.
Overpoweringclassical
The act of throwing down and overcoming.

العِفْرِيسnoun

1.
Lionclassical
A name for a strong lion, similar to 'afres.

قيل: وبه سمي الأسد عفريسا — It is said: and by this the lion was named 'ifrīs.

العَفْرَاسnoun

1.
Lionclassical
A name for a strong lion.

العَفْرُوسnoun

1.
Lionclassical
A name for a strong lion.

العَفْرَنْسnoun

1.
Strong camelclassical
A strong, thick-necked camel.
2.
Strong animalclassical
A strong and thick-necked animal, such as a lion, dog, or slave.

العفرنس، كخدرنق، إنما غاير في الوزنين تفننا: الغليظة العنق الشديدة من الإبل ومن الأسود والكلاب والعلوج — Al-'afrans, like khadranq, the difference in the two patterns is for variety: the thick-necked, strong one among camels, lions, dogs, and slaves.

العَفَارِيسnoun

1.
Ostrichesclassical
A plural noun referring to ostriches.

والعفاريس: النعام — And al-'afārīs: ostriches.

العِفْرِسِيّadjective

1.
Craftyclassical
Describing someone who is cunning and troublesome.

والعفرسي: المعيي خبثا — And al-'ifrissī: the one who is troublesome with cunning.

عَفْرَسname

1.
Tribal nameclassical
A name for a tribe in Yemen, possibly a variant or misspelling of 'Afres.

عفرس، كزبرج: حي باليمن، والمصنف أورده بالقاف، وهو تصحيف، وقيل لغة — 'Afaras, like zubruj: a tribe in Yemen, and the author mentioned it with qāf, which is a misspelling, and it is said to be a dialectal variant.

ابن العِفْرِيسname

1.
Abu Sahl Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Zuzaniclassical
A title referring to the prominent Shafi'i jurist, theologian, and author of 'Jam' al-Jawami'.

وابن العفريس، كقنديل: هو أبو سهل أحمد بن محمد الزوزني الشافعي الإمام الفقيه المتكلم صاحب جمع الجوامع — And Ibn al-'Ifrīs, like qindīl: he is Abu Sahl Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Zuzani, the Shafi'i Imam, jurist, theologian, and author of Jam' al-Jawami'.

Parallel reading

العفرس، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن دريد: عفرس، بالكسر: اسم.

Al-'Afres, Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn Duraid said: 'Afaras, with kasra: is a name.

نقله الصاغاني.

Al-Sagani transmitted it.

وهو أبو حي باليمن، وهو عفرس بن حلف بن أفتل، وهو خثعم بن أنمار.

And he is the father of a tribe in Yemen, and he is 'Afres bin Half bin Aftal, who is Khath'am bin Anmar.

وقال غيره: العفرس والعفريس، كعفريت، والعفراس، وقد أشار له المصنف في عرفس والعفروس، بالضم، والعفرنس، كسفرجل: الأسد الشديد العنق الغليظه، وما سوى العين والراء والفاء فهو زيادة.

And others said: Al-'Afres and Al-'Ifrīs, like 'ifrīt, and Al-'Afrās, and the author alluded to it in 'Arfas and Al-'Afroos, with damma, and Al-'Afrans, like safarjal: the strong-necked, thick lion, and whatever is other than the 'ayn, rā', and fā' is an addition.

وعفرسه عفرسة، إذا صرعه وغلبه، قيل: وبه سمي الأسد عفريسا.

And 'afarasa him 'afarsatan, if he threw him down and overcame him, it is said: and by this the lion was named 'ifrīs.

والعفرنس، كخدرنق، إنما غاير في الوزنين تفننا: الغليظة العنق الشديدة من الإبل ومن الأسود والكلاب والعلوج، كذا صرح به الأزهري وغيره، وإنما اقتصر المصنف على الإبل تقليدا للصاغاني فقط، ولم يراجع الأمهات، مع قصوره عن ذكر العرفاس هنا، مع العفرنس بالمعنى الذي ذكره، وعن ذكر العفرس كجعفر: السابق السريع.

And Al-'Afrans, like khadranq, the difference in the two patterns is for variety: the thick-necked, strong one among camels, lions, dogs, and slaves, as stated by Al-Azhari and others. The author only limited it to camels by imitating Al-Sagani alone, and did not review the primary sources, with his deficiency in mentioning Al-'Arfās here, along with Al-'Afrans in the meaning he mentioned, and mentioning Al-'Afaras like Ja'far: the swift runner.

والعفاريس: النعام.

And al-'afārīs: ostriches.

والعفرسي: المعيي خبثا.

And al-'ifrissī: the one who is troublesome with cunning.

عفرس، كزبرج: حي باليمن، والمصنف أورده بالقاف، وهو تصحيف، وقيل لغة.

'Afaras, like zubruj: a tribe in Yemen, and the author mentioned it with qāf, which is a misspelling, and it is said to be a dialectal variant.

وابن العفريس، كقنديل: هو أبو سهل أحمد بن محمد الزوزني الشافعي الإمام الفقيه المتكلم صاحب جمع الجوامع، الكتاب الذي اختصره من كتب الشافعي، رضي الله تعالى عنه، ومنه أخذ التاج السبكي اسم كتابه جمع الجوامع.

And Ibn al-'Ifrīs, like qindīl: he is Abu Sahl Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Zuzani, the Shafi'i Imam, jurist, theologian, and author of Jam' al-Jawami', the book he abridged from the books of Al-Shafi'i, may God be pleased with him, and from him Al-Taj al-Subki took the name of his book Jam' al-Jawami'.