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ضلفع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something wide or expansive, particularly in relation to a woman's anatomy or a geographical feature. It also has a meaning related to striking or hitting.

Derived headwords

ضَلْفَعname
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A specific mountain or elevated rocky area, mentioned as being in the lands of Banu Asad.

ضَلْفَعnoun
  1. 1.
    wide-hipped womanclassical

    A woman with wide hips or a wide vulva.

ضَلْفَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wide-hipped womanclassical

    A woman with wide hips or a wide vulva.

ضَلْفَعverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone on the head, to hit them forcefully.

ضَلْفَعnoun
  1. 1.
    fat womanclassical

    A fat or stout woman.

Parallel reading

أقرين إنك لو شهدت فوارسي ... بعمايتين إلى جوانب ضلفع
O my companions, if only you had witnessed my horsemen... in the two 'Amāyatayn towards the sides of Ḍilfaʿ.
والضلفع أيضا: المرأة الواسعة الهن، كالضلفعة، عن أبي عمرو
And a ḍilfaʿ is also: a woman with wide hips, like a ḍilfaʿah, according to Abu Amr.
أقبلن تقريبا وقامت ضلفعا ... فأقبلتهن هبلا أبقعا
They approached, and she stood wide-hipped... so I approached them, a spotted, large-bodied one.
عند استها مثل استها وأوسعا
Her vulva was like her vulva and wider.
ضلفع رأسه: حلقه
To ḍilfaʿ his head: to strike him.
وكذلك: صلفعه، وصلمعه
And likewise: ṣalfaʿahu, and ṣalmaʿahu.
الضلفع: المرأة السمينة، مثل اللباخية
A ḍilfaʿ: a fat woman, like a labākhīyah.