ع ن ف ش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes characteristics related to a long, thick, or unkempt beard. It also extends to describe a person who is short and ignoble, and a state of being disheveled or unkempt.

Derived headwords

عَنْفَشadjective

1.
long-beardedclassical
Describing a man with a long beard.

عَنْفَشَ اللِّحْيَةِverb

1.
to have a long beardclassical
To possess a long beard.

عُنَافِشُهَاnoun

1.
long beardclassical
A long beard.

عُنْفُشِيشُهَاnoun

1.
long beardclassical
A long beard.

عَنْفَاشُ اللِّحْيَةِadjective

1.
long-beardedclassical
Describing a man with a long beard.

عَنْفَشِيشُهَاnoun

1.
long beardclassical
A long beard.

قَسْبَارُهَاnoun

1.
long beardclassical
A long beard.

كُثُّهَاnoun

1.
thick beardclassical
A thick beard.

مُعَنْفِشًاadjective

1.
unkemptclassical
Disheveled or unkempt, particularly referring to a beard.

مُقَنْفِشًاadjective

1.
unkemptclassical
Disheveled or unkempt, particularly referring to a beard.

العُنْفُشadjective

1.
ignobleclassical
Describing someone who is base or ignoble.
2.
shortclassical
Describing someone who is short in stature.

Parallel reading

رجل عنفش اللحية، بالفتح، وعنافشها، بالضم، وعنفشيشها

A man with a long beard, with 'fath' (on 'ayn), and 'anafashuha' (with 'damm' on 'ayn), and 'unfashishuha'.

رجل عنفاش اللحية وعنفشيشها، إذا كان طويلها

A man with a long beard and 'unfashishuha', if it (the beard) is long.

وكذلك قسبارها

And likewise its 'qasbaruha' (long beard).

وقيل: كثها

And it was said: its 'kathuha' (thick beard).

ويقال: أتانا فلان معنفشا بلحيته ومقنفشا

And it is said: 'So-and-so came to us with his beard unkempt and disheveled'.

فقول المصنف وعنفشيشها محل نظر

So the author's statement 'unfashishuha' is subject to review.

وكذا قوله عنفش، بالفتح

And likewise his statement 'unfash', with 'fath'.

وإنما اللغة الجيدة عنفاش، وعنفشي، وعنافش

Indeed, the good language is 'unfash', 'unfashi', and 'anafash'.

العنفش: اللئيم القصير

Al-'unfash: the ignoble, the short one.