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ع ق ف س

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is ill-tempered, arrogant, or ill-mannered. It also relates to a general sense of being ill-disposed or difficult.

Derived headwords

العَقَنْفَسnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-tempered personclassical

    A person characterized by bad temper, arrogance, and rudeness towards others.

عَقَفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ill-temperedclassical

    To behave in a rude, arrogant, or ill-tempered manner towards people.

العَفَنْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-tempered personclassical

    Synonymous with العَقَنْفَس, referring to a person of bad character, who is rude and overbearing.

عَفَنْقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ill-temperedclassical

    Synonymous with عَقَفَسَ, indicating ill-temper and rudeness.

عَقْفَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rudenessclassical

    The state or quality of being ill-tempered, rude, or overbearing.

عَقْفَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make someone ill-temperedclassical

    To cause someone to become ill-tempered or rude.

Parallel reading

العقنفس، بتقديم القاف على الفاء، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الليث: كالعفنقس زنة ومعنى، كالجذب والجبذ، وهو السيئ الخلق المتطاول على الناس.
Al-'aqanfus, with the qaf preceding the fa', was neglected by Al-Jawhari. Al-Layth said: it is like Al-'afanqas in form and meaning, like al-jadhb and al-jabdh, and it is the ill-tempered one who is arrogant towards people.
ويقال: ما أدري ما الذي عقفسه، بمعنى ما عفقسه، وقد تقدم قريبا.
And it is said: I do not know what made him ill-tempered, meaning what made him ill-tempered, and this was mentioned recently.