عرفص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of whip or lash used for punishment, and by extension, to a strap or bundle of cords, particularly those used in a howdah. It also extends to the act of pulling and tearing something lengthwise.

Derived headwords

العِرْفَاصnoun

1.
Whip used by rulerclassical
A whip used by a sultan or ruler for punishment.
2.
Bundle of cordsclassical
A bundle or tuft of cords, especially from the hindquarters of a camel or used to secure a howdah.
3.
Strap for howdahclassical
A strap that gathers the tops of the wooden poles of a howdah.

العُرْفَاصnoun

1.
Whip used by rulerclassical
A whip used by a sultan or ruler for punishment.
2.
Bundle of cordsclassical
A bundle or tuft of cords, especially from the hindquarters of a camel or used to secure a howdah.
3.
Strap for howdahclassical
A strap that gathers the tops of the wooden poles of a howdah.

عرافيصnoun

1.
Bundles on camel's backclassical
What is on the humps of a camel, resembling small birds; a plural of عرفاص.

عراصيفnoun

1.
Bundles on camel's backclassical
What is on the humps of a camel, resembling small birds; a plural of عرفاص.

عرفصتverb

1.
to pull and tearclassical
To pull something and tear it lengthwise.

Parallel reading

السوط يعاقب به السلطان

A whip with which the sultan punishes.

وهو من العقب كالعرصاف أيضا

And it is from the tail-hair like the 'ursaf also.

حتى تردى عقب العرفاص

Until he fell wearing the tail-hair of the 'irfas.

العرفاص: خصلة من العقب تستطيل

The 'irfas: a tuft of tail-hair that is elongated.

هو خصلة من العقب تشد بها على قبة الهودج

It is a tuft of tail-hair with which the top of the howdah is secured.

لغة في العرصاف

A variant pronunciation of al-'ursaf.

هو العقب الذي يجمع رءوس خشبات الهودج

It is the tail-hair that gathers the heads of the wooden poles of the howdah.

وهي ما على السناسن كالعصافير

And it is what is on the humps like small birds.

لغة في العراصيف

A variant pronunciation of al-'araseef.

والعين في العرفاص زائدة

And the 'ayn in 'irfas is superfluous.

وإنما هو من رصفت من الرصاف، وهو العقب

Rather, it is from 'rasafa' from al-rasaf, which is the tail-hair.

عرفصت الشيء عرفصة، إذا جذبته فشققته مستطيلا

I pulled and tore the thing lengthwise, if you pulled it and tore it lengthwise.

إذا جذبته فشققته مستطيلا

If you pulled it and tore it lengthwise.