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عفقص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific type of small creature, possibly a beetle or insect, and its name might have variations or be considered a linguistic anomaly.

Derived headwords

عَفَنْقَصnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small, crawling creature, possibly an insect or beetle.

عَفَنْقَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small creature, specifically mentioned as a dubaibah (small animal/insect).

Parallel reading

عفنقص، كسفرجل، أهمله الجماعة.
ʿafanqaṣ, like safarjal, was neglected by the community.
وفي اللسان عن ابن دريد: عفنقصة: دويبة، هكذا أورده هنا بالفاء، ويأتي للمصنف في التركيب الذي يليه بلغاته، فكأن الفاء لغة، أو إيراده هنا وهم.
And in Al-Lisān, from Ibn Durayd: ʿafanqaṣah: a small creature, thus he mentioned it here with the letter Fāʼ, and it will come to the author in the following section with its variations, so it is as if the Fāʼ is a variant, or its mention here is an error.